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Fair enough, I haven't worked in an industry with requirements like that. Can you share an example of software you would use for a setup like that? I'm interested in learning more about it. I wonder how many companies are currently using a solution like that with Linux.
Wayland itself isn't doing anything to prevent those solutions from working, but nobody has chosen to create a solution like that supporting Wayland. If the companies working on and funding Wayland need a solution like that, then they can make or fund it.
Right now, Wayland is good enough to be used on employee workstations for most peoples day to day work, because most people dont work at a company using a solution like you described.
After 15 years, Wayland is lacking some things X11 has, but has also far surpassed it in many ways. Linux is now usable on HiDPI and has proper color management. Companies like Redhat aren't picking features at random, they're prioritizing what their biggest customers need, because thats what makes money. Again, just to reiterate, Wayland supports the usecases you've described, but companies haven't made software for this usecases that works with Wayland.
Wayland may not be a better replacement for you, but is sure is for a ton of users and organizations.