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And X11 will never be ready for most modern users. They have different goals. But that's the thing with open source. As long as someone somewhere needs it. Even if 90% of us don't need X11 for legacy software. It will still be here.
Most modern users don't care either way so long as it works.
X11 works for most users.
Those who don't care, don't have anything to say and should not the deciding factor. Why count voices who don't care?
You do not have to count voices. We are not having an election. But the people that do not care will be running Wayland. So, if we count desktops…