Normal users don't care how much RAM their programs use, because they don't know what RAM is. They think that computer hardware has a single one-dimensional pro

Normal users don't care how much RAM their programs use, because they don't know what RAM is. They think that computer hardware has a single one-dimensional property called "speed" and that if their software performs badly, it's because their computer is too slow, not because the software is bloated. My daily driver has 4GB of RAM, and it's possible only usable because I'm extremely frugal with my software choices. I run Debian with XFCE and pipe memory usage to my panel so I can always see whether I'm in danger of swapping. I use a Firefox extension that prevents me from opening too many tabs. I stick to the terminal for as many tasks as possible. I categorically refuse to use electron apps. And despite all that, I still ending up OOMing and having to hard reset every few days. For a normal person who doesn't know what RAM is and has an antivirus constantly running the background, the 4GB are going to be used up almost immediately, their machine will start swapping, and then they'll get the impression that their 4GB machine is "slow," despite being faster than high-end computers people used to do exactly the same things ten years ago.