Does it require a little more knowledge on the part of the user? Yes, but it's worth it because with that knowledge comes power.

4k lets you scale the image and insert scanlines without scaling artifacts and with enough extra pixels to make the scanlines feel properly soft.

HDR lets the shader compensate for the brightness lost to the CRT filter without desaturating the color.

Wayland doesn't allow apps to force themselves to be always on top. I would argue that it is up to the window manager to provide this functionality at the discretion of the user. Kwin does this.

They know it's not worth it either, they just want to push more users to the monthly subscription for that sweet ARR.

I recently learned that two tracks on one of my favorite recent albums are straight up missing on streaming services. This only strengthened my resolve to stay the hell away from them.

To give you an idea of how bad it is, they slowed console manufacturing to a trickle last year to try and juice their profit margins, and are now stuck in a situation where they can't spin manufacturing back up to cash in on the inevitable rush of demand for hardware when Grand Theft Auto comes out this fall.