The way that I have seen it is that cheaper launches and the widespread rideshare options have definitely changed how accessible space is. The cheaper launches

The way that I have seen it is that cheaper launches and the widespread rideshare options have definitely changed how accessible space is. The cheaper launches made it so people/companies didn't have to worry as much about reducing risk before launching it in to space. Planet is a good example, their production line of satellites is not typically what you see in the aerospace industry. But with the cheaper launches you don't care as much if only 80% (this is just an example, I don't have any actual data Planet keeps that pretty close to the chest) of your satellites survive. This has also led to a lot more university level science projects too. And the increased economies of scale for cubesat components have driven priced down low enough that there are high school classes launching cubesats.