Three comments come to mind, which do not invalidate your point, but does put it in perspective for some of us

MCM is not really open to us in the third-world, where I gather a fair portion of your readership comes from

Even were it to be available, the price (after currency conversion) relative to salary or contracting rates would make it way unattractive. Any potential increase in salary or rate would need to be written off over way too long a period

If I look down your list of MCMs, it is mainly big corporates, or Microsoft itself. Wake me up again once it becomes viable for people in their personal capacity; I could just become interested if I am still young enough