Comment by gf000

> Wayland despite receiving huge amounts funding

Citation needed

> Even for the simplest tasks you have to deal with a dbus infested portal maze

The simplest task is displaying a buffer, or changing a buffer, or handling events, and absolutely none of them have anything to do with dbus whatsoever. Also, have you seen an X11 desktop environment like KDE or Gnome? I recommend looking at all the dbus messages that are in flight there at any time.