Thought for discussion: Does the "gig economy" fundamentally encompass economic forces that make the gig arranger ultimately disintermediate their own suppliers? If so, are the "gig economy" businesses ultimately just very fancy wedges into existing markets with players too entrenched to come at directly, and little more? If it weren't probably impossible due to regulation and the business model probably not working out, would AirBNB ultimately just want to run their own facilities entirely?

(Honest questions for thought. To the extent they're a bit leading, it's to make them interesting enough to think about.)

Is there some other highly-entrenched market that could be cracked this way that nobody's considered?