A lot of electron apps (like Slack) could well use over 1GB.
Soon you have to micromanage your computer resources instead of purely focusing on work.
And yes, obviously if your computer is less powerful you can do less with it. Are you trying to argue that computers are classist because they don't work the same for poor people?
The 2nd point is simply that unless you're only targeting upper class and tech savvy users, 16 free Gb of RAM will not be your baseline.