revenue-generating scheme

Scam. I think the word is scam.

Yet another huge win for those who choose to never leave their basements.

I miss my basement.

Couldn't that be interpreted as a confession that their air is at least as unsafe as staying with a heavy smoker the whole night, in terms of PM 2.5 and other hazards?

Sounds like a great way to abuse front desk staff by proxy.

Anyone got a mirror of the article that is not geoblocked?

I'm going to start away from Hilton hotels after reading through this.

I see people talking about chargebacks in this thread which is the logical course of action for a case like this.

What’s nefarious about this is that Hilton and Merriot each own a ton of hotels. If you chargeback multiple times against one of those groups you could get block listed from their locations which can get very problematic in locales without much competition.

This is why I preemptively destroy the hotel room.

Ah one step closer to "Fuck you, pay me" business style.

This should absolutely be becoming a massive class action suit against both the hotel and the smoke detector maker. All you have to do is prove in court that the detector can be triggered by things other than smoking.

You know those plastic hair covers fit really nicely over the smoke detectors.