Commercial p2p (‘collaborative consumption’) companies aren’t about sharing. They MAY be part of the ‘sharing economy’, if you want to define it like that. But they aren’t about sharing. I’m sure they don’t think that (I hope they don’t claim that). The author seems to have missed that point in a fit of rage at what they see as unethical practices – by what are just (appropriately) profit-driven intermediaries facilitating p2p commercial transactions.

There ARE some points between the lines which might be relevant in less superficial ways… if we can put the vitrol down for long enough.

How do we define sharing and the sharing economy? And how does it relate to collaborative consumption and p2p? What is the role of organisations like peers.org and how do they align?
How do we effectively regulate and operate in a world with this new kind of intermediary – for which our current systems aren’t designed? How do we adapt?

These are interesting questions.