> Yes that's the point I'm making. It is now a display server. On X it was just a desktop environment. I think this is the point, but maybe in the opposite way

> Yes that's the point I'm making. It is now a display server. On X it was just a desktop environment. I think this is the point, but maybe in the opposite way you mean: X was the wrong architecture for what we want to achieve with a display system these days. Some of that is about security, some of that is about which piece knows about what is responsible for what to make the system work. Wayland changes the responsibilities significantly. This is a GOOD thing - it's why things like HiDPI can be made to work in Wayland and fundamentally don't in X (unless you control a lot of variables very carefully).