Never give an agent more privileges than you would give to an intern in thier first month.
As the pandemic teached us, C suits are the most disposable workers. The ones that can be automated away.
They didn't care about thins in the 90s, but the plan the article is covering is ongoing since 2019. They are only updating the timeline.
The only problem is the "follows Europe". China is ditching windows since 2019.