Elon Musk is now on the record saying that Tesla will erase the strikes and restore access to the Full Self-Driving Beta software at some point. Those who have more than five strikes for whatever reason are now locked out of testing FSD Beta.https://www.notebookcheck.net/Tesla-to-restore-FSD-Beta-access-to-those-with-more-than-5-strikes.643738.0.html
Yup, installed the update and my FSD was restored. Hooray!