That's not fair. It's like claiming that airbnb hosts spend 500k to earn 100 dollars a night. Most people own cars anyways, this is an opportunity for them to make money off of that investment.
The sharing economy, gig economy, concessionaire model, MLM ponzi, franchise system, value-added reseller channel are minor variations of a time proven wealth transfer scheme.
The mark provides the capital and labor, and carries most of the risk.
The landlord, platform, broker, aggregator extracts all of the profit, value, wealth.
Any time a serf prospers is accidental. And quickly remedied.
By any other name, right?
It's be nice if the critics would reject the frame. Instead of phrases like late stage capitalism, just speak plainly.
It's feudalism. Repackaged and rebranded. But still just plain old feudalism.
