Am writing this while staying in Airbnb tonight.
My first 'airbnb' experience was more than 20 years ago, when I visited Denmark. The landlady just left the place to myself. So such practices existed pre-airbnb era. The internet and globalisation were not so extensive then. Personally I see no problem with an owner managing his/her own property to short stay guests. The problem I have is the existence of syndicates that manage such Airbnb operations. The unit I am staying now is like that, already I have three 'partners' whom I need to contact during this short stay. rather than 'hosting' a guest and showing local hospitality , this has generated into money making syndicates with little or no intention to 'share' experience. I would say keep Airbnb but ban agents or operators, as they are running a business without proper registration not paying tax.