> Strange how comments on reddit do not confirm this.

That is because people who don't have a problem don't think about this and so don't comment. Many wayland users don't know. I think I switched this machine I'm using now to wayland a while ago but I don't remember, and maybe it switched back in an update and I didn't notice (which is the point, I know I switched at some point and I couldn't tell the difference - which is how it should be)

"Using these toolkits is like trying to make a bookshelf out of mashed potatoes." -Jamie Zawinski

https://donhopkins.medium.com/the-x-windows-disaster-128d398...

Perhaps the Wayland code path does not have to do thousands of workarounds with an ancient API made thinking on remote graphical terminals.