Yes and we need better language and analogies to talk about the non-superstars in these "new" economic arrangements. Gig economy workers being directed by an AP

Yes and we need better language and analogies to talk about the non-superstars in these "new" economic arrangements. Gig economy workers being directed by an API Ala Uber/delivery apps are analogous to landless laborers in developing economies. Those with a virtual "stall" on someone else's platform (Etsy/Youtube/mobile app stores) are reminiscent of sharecroppers.