Not really. First if all, most GS take posed images as input, so you need to run a traditional photogrammetry pipeline (COLMAP) anyways. The purpose of GS is

Not really. First if all, most GS take posed images as input, so you need to run a traditional photogrammetry pipeline (COLMAP) anyways. The purpose of GS is that the result is far beyond anything that traditional photogrammetry (dense mesh reconstruction) can manage, especially when it comes to “weird” stuff (semi-transparent objects).