Absolutely. Outside the tech echo chamber, the economy has never recovered from the "jobless recovery" of the 2000s.

I read a good point about this somewhere: renting out an apartment on Airbnb is a good way to make money now, but the free market being what it is, that extra value will be captured by rent eventually. Landlord knows you can make $500/month renting on Airbnb? Add $500 to the rent.

This seems like a more realistic theory. I've only ever known people to use these services to save money or in a few rare cases because their was no other supply for the service at the time.