It does do a ton of things better. It's just that X11 was basically a giant shared buffer, so things like screenshots etc. were easy. Wayland is a lot more sec

It does do a ton of things better. It's just that X11 was basically a giant shared buffer, so things like screenshots etc. were easy. Wayland is a lot more security conscious, but once the compositors are up to parity, these things won't be a problem. At least for me, Wayland is way smoother than X11 ever was as well.