Games are the reason we have X or Wayland. Yes you can play games in terminals. Years back I used to be pretty enthusiastic about roguelike development (rec.g

Games are the reason we have X or Wayland. Yes you can play games in terminals. Years back I used to be pretty enthusiastic about roguelike development (rec.games.roguelike.development) Those games are almost universally designed in a way that doesn't require key-up info. Where you really need key-up info is in realtime games like tetris, except in practice even for tetris you can do just fine without key-up. Now, if you were playing Quake using a aalib renderer, then you'd definitely want key-up to stay competitive. But then you've also got the problem of sending stereo sound over ssh! Should terminal emulators be made to support that too? There are lots of terminal games. There are lots of realtime games. The demand for games that are both at the same time is pretty damn niche. And when you plausibly find yourself in that niche, you realize that needing key up info is the least of your problems. This is indicative of using the wrong tool for the job. Trying to play quake in your terminal emulator with responsive controls is like trying to take your car out into the bay to do some fishing so you go at it with a caulk gun and expanding foam, slap a sail on top, only to realize you don't have a keel to the wind flips you right over. Just get a boat.