I could not agree more, and I think this take is one of those mental jumps that the pro-Sprint crowd hasn't made yet, but would if they adjust their mental view of how organizations are structured to see it.
My long term pet theory (like, next 10-30 years) is: we have this cohort of "kids" growing up now in an environment where there's plenty of money to be made in non-traditional independent ventures; think YouTube, Etsy, Fiverr, or even professional consulting. Not millions for everyone, but a stable living. The internet unlocked this; it just took a couple decades for it to really blossom. Synthesize that trend with the growing "r/antiwork" "end stage capitalism" "quiet quitting" mindset that many people millennial and younger hold. Then you consider declining western populations. I think there's real potential that traditionally structured top-down companies will face challenges competing for talent in the coming decades; and we'll see an increasing trend of peer-driven organizations (you can think of this like worker owned or highly unionized shops, but its less about the ownership structure and more about the power structure and incentive/responsibility culture).
(I know I'm late)
Even though your pov is very appealing, I think you are a bit optimistic on the ability of workers to unionize, in any kind of setup. I personally don't believe moving all services workers from being employees to being freelancers and independent is going to resolve the imbalance of power in between capital and labour.
Taxis and food delivery are two domains that are worse for workers now than they were before.
It works for tech workers because they can just go somewhere else in a desperate market.
I believe most content creators are by and large submitted to the market, just a different one.
On top of this mall the jobs you mentioned are not for the crowd.
My long term pet theory (like, next 10-30 years) is: we have this cohort of "kids" growing up now in an environment where there's plenty of money to be made in non-traditional independent ventures; think YouTube, Etsy, Fiverr, or even professional consulting. Not millions for everyone, but a stable living. The internet unlocked this; it just took a couple decades for it to really blossom. Synthesize that trend with the growing "r/antiwork" "end stage capitalism" "quiet quitting" mindset that many people millennial and younger hold. Then you consider declining western populations. I think there's real potential that traditionally structured top-down companies will face challenges competing for talent in the coming decades; and we'll see an increasing trend of peer-driven organizations (you can think of this like worker owned or highly unionized shops, but its less about the ownership structure and more about the power structure and incentive/responsibility culture).