Bikepacking you can do with any bike. Even with 4k carbon chariots. That was the appeal, carrying stuff in your road/MTB/fixed/whatever bike. The industry just seen the opportunity to pigeon hole all of it into a new genre and sell a fuckload at inflated prices.
I'm surprised that bikepacking is such a controversial topic on the gravel thread.
Rename to "£4k carbon race chariots" I guess and merge it with the CX/turbo trainer threads