@Jacob594 Brainwashed responses? You appear not to have understood anything I wrote.
I just love how hosts post here for the first time, and if the responses aren't exactly what they expected, they accuse other hosts of being some sort of Airbnb shills. Not a very good way to get advice, help, or commiseration, by insulting people.
How you managed to extract that I was somehow defending or approve of Airbnb's tactics for not covering damages is beyond me.
Airbnb completely misleads hosts who assume they'll be covered for damages. Where did I say that was okay?
I agreed with you that it's absurd to have to ask guests to pay for damages. Did you miss that?
What I said is that they should take a real security deposit (not a fake one, like their fake million dollar guarantee) from guests, that they pay hosts without some lengthy rigamarole and deadlines for submitting photos and repair quotes and receipts. And that if the damages exceed that amount, Airbnb should dig into their coffers to reimburse hosts.