Anyone can still start mining with their laptop - by buying hashrate

ASICs are here to stay and they will continue to be installed near cheap power. Mining decentralization doesn't require bitcoiners to run an ASIC alongside their node - it can occur once there's a 100% rug-proof way to buy hashrate and mine with it, either directly or sending to the mining pool of your choice.

Hashrate is a digital commodity, its the raw material used to make bitcoin. Much like you don't need to start your own farm to enjoy corn, you don't need to have your own ASIC to enjoy mining some bitcoin. The spirit of "anyone can download Bitcoin and start mining" and "one cpu one vote" only requires hashrate.

disclosure: I'm building a hashrate marketplace