Facts say otherwise[1] - so much so that, sometimes, they even get a slight slap on the wrist:

[1]https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/spain-fines-bookingco...

Booking.com was just on the local news again - a few thoughts:

'iforgot22' is literally wrong by around half a billion dollars [2].

It's bizarre that initially stating a world-widely reported, simple fact needs "proving". And, results in downvotes like there were insults to someone's mother...

And it's also sad to see such irrational ideological biases at HN.

[2] - https://www.ft.com/content/03e5eb20-ec91-485e-b0e4-ed49b4dc2...

This article is about Bay Area (USA) customers, and you're commenting about Spain, which is a different market.

It's not nice to jump to accusations like "irrational ideological biases." For what it's worth, HN doesn't even let me downvote, and I wouldn't anyway.