The tools are getting better. I don't like the current ordinal and other shitcoining on Bitcoin, but the high fees are pushing people to be more mindful and hopefully, some other much-needed improvements will be accelerated because of this.

When I left, channel management could already mostly be automated using tools such as LNDg. So, once channel stability, stuck HTLCs, force closes, etc gets less likely, I believe things will again be possible for amateurs, even if the big routing nodes will always have an edge, just because disposable liquidity is key after all.