Japanfan
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I don't use it because I don't like staying in other people's homes and I won't stay with strangers or share a bathroom.
I'm the same. I've had to fight with family members because I don't want to stay in their home when I visit them.
One of the key reasons for this is that I'm not a particularly clean and tidy person by nature, and I also don't travel well in that I don't sleep well away from home.
For that reason, I don't want to have to worry about whether I've left the bathroom sink spic and span, or whether I've got clothes and stuff on the floor

I visited family for a wedding last summer and fought with my sister about not wanting to stay with her. She had my brother are both super anal retentive clean freaks, whereas I'm the 'black sheep' - the messy one. She and her husband had a newly renovated semi-private basement suite and in their home and really wanted me to stay in it. I tried to explain why it would not work, but do not think they understood.
However, that is preferable to the stress of staying with her, and knowing that she'd be complaining about anything I did wrong - like leaving scum in the sink or forgetting to take clothes out of the dryer - for the rest of her life.
To give an example of what my sister and brother are like, my sister went to visit her daughter and her daughter's husband some time ago. My sister got into a difficult situation with her SIL when she put the dish detergent in the cupboard below the sink. SIL was not happy, because the dish detergent belonged on top of the sink.
I would think that Air Bnb hosts might have similar or certain expectations of their guests?
Plus, wouldn't there expectations regarding quiet hours? I stay up very late, and wouldn't like to have to worry about the possibility that my footsteps on the floor were keeping people awake.
And they leave you alone- no housekeeping banging on your door early each morning...
The "Do Not Disturb' sign that you put on your door is your friend.

I usually ask Housekeeping to come in later in the day.
To me housekeeping is one of the perks of paying for a hotel. I love having them come in to freshen up the room, empty the trash, change the linens, and so on.