There's a big difference still between "easy" and "easier than it ever has been." Rather than having a company with gazillions of layers of management tell me

There's a big difference still between "easy" and "easier than it ever has been." Rather than having a company with gazillions of layers of management tell me what my options are for everything outside of the work that is my direct responsibility, I can choose which things I care about and how much and pull those levers myself, either doing them or hiring them done.