i did a quick test exa -l vs ls -l ./exa -l /home/_/Downloads 0.00s user 0.01s system 131% cpu 0.010 total ls --color=tty -l /home/_/Downloads

i did a quick test exa -l vs ls -l ./exa -l /home/_/Downloads 0.00s user 0.01s system 131% cpu 0.010 total ls --color=tty -l /home/_/Downloads 0.00s user 0.00s system 93% cpu 0.003 exa uses +40% cpu usage and is slower.... not good