He is an American lawyer in Bangkok who is now a Thai citizen. He posts multiple videos per day on Visa, tax and other issues. He has not been a fan of the DTV from day 1.
A guy I know did very similar to you. Building company and rentals. His remote role as Director was approving quotations and payroll. He got his DTV in first few weeks after it was launched from London Embassy.
It is never dull here. Been coming 30 years. Lived and worked here twice. Just talking to one of my ex team I built in a Project Management Office here. She is a chemical engineer but we cross trained her. She is now at a local startup. Secret funders and mythical products. Lol
The only reason for it to change woud be down to politics and inter-department rivalries. I doubt anything will happen until a new government in about 6 months. Then immigration changes might not even be on the agenda. Thailand has a lot of other issues to deal with right now that need long term solutions.
You have me thinking now at 6am. I wonder what the official numbers are and why, if not made public, they are kept quiet. At the TAT event I was at they admitted they did not know the real numbers and the 35k was an estimate from an official 12k last November. They just extrapolated the numbers out. What would also be interesting is how many of these numbers were "Cannabalised" from previous visas ie O, TR and Ed for exam0le. The number of true new users or customers so to speak. Marketing of the DTV has definatley fallen off too. TAT must have had a budget but they have gone quiet unless I am not just seeing any promotion. All I see now are adverts from agents or promotion by influencers.