And even the ones holding the purse strings are under pressure to grow ARR and few to no users will pick the faster software, but the one that has the features

And even the ones holding the purse strings are under pressure to grow ARR and few to no users will pick the faster software, but the one that has the features they need and is good enough. We have games that run really well and are responsive, since that's where it matters. We can still do it, it just doesn't matter to anyone most of the time but developers who enjoy performance optimization (like I do!)