There already is gate keeping though, and that gate is manned by corporate which, ironically, is how so much bloat can sneak in at your expense.

I am not fond of gates either; for as long as your skill can produce capital value it will be gatekept in some capacity. I'd rather see that gate moved closer to our side if it must exist.

If gambits like Musk's prove successful then there is further precedent that lean engineering teams can still operate at scale - just with fewer layers of indirection and wealth extraction.