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Wayland needs stacking window managers that aren't just KDE and Gnome. I want more things like openbox. There's labwc but that's it.
And also Wayland needs more customization programs designed around stacking window managers. Waybar, yambar, and others are all only designed for tiling window managers.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Wayland#Stacking
This is my biggest gripe with Wayland - the ecosystem around it is just so poor compared to X. There are dozens, maybe even hundreds of window managers for X, while Wayland just doesn't have anywhere near that number.
I hope it will change in time, but for now, I just can't justify trying it yet when it feels like the ecosystem around Wayland is just so small.