You do make your own hours, because you have the choice to not work when there's work presented to you. This is not possible in a full time position, nor is it

You do make your own hours, because you have the choice to not work when there's work presented to you. This is not possible in a full time position, nor is it possible in a casual setting (for example, there might be set schedules in a casual work position). So gig work does give you the choice to make your own hours, because you're choosing to accept (or decline) when work is available, and there's (apparently) no penalty for declining. Now, of course, there's better versions of "making your own hours" - like those consultant contracts that don't stipulate time, but output by deadline. You get to choose _when_ to work, as well as how much, as long as you deliver. But just because there's a better version of something, doesn't invalidate the slightly less better version of the same thing.