@Quincy @Mike-And-Jane0 As far as I can tell, this new update doesn't benefit the vast majority of guests either. The search functions are now very complicated and the design is cluttered, that turns off guests, especially if they happen to be looking for something in a specific location and are not open to a place a few hundred miles away. We know from this forum that many properties are missing from their proper category or miscategorized. Some categories like cottage, inexplicably disappeared.
It may benefit Airbnb board members, senior managers and wealthy instagram influencers. Now, very expensive unique properties are apparently easier to find, but beyond that, it seems like this update only makes booking and listing on Airbnb more difficult, more error prone and less accurate.
Like most of Airbnb's initiatives, it makes for a great news release, but the lived experience, not so much.