It's the view of many that this is indeed what most companies prioritize — I'm not saying it's true, but it doesn't seem to be a particularly fringe opinion. It's in the vein of enshittification.
Also, might I ask how you inserted that em-dash? A keyboard shortcut? It's interesting to see fancy typography online.
option+minus for en-dash – and shift+option+minus for em-dash —
This works on X11, I haven't tried on Wayland.
On Windows it works, too, by grabbing the "us - mac" layout and using the alt-gr for the mac's option. I think this is the layout I use: https://github.com/adunning/Mac-Keyboard-Layouts-for-Windows
Haha, yeah, that's what I usually do. But it's arduous enough for me not to bother for a HN comment. That's why I brought it up.
I love macOS' emoji picker thing, I wish there were something like it on Linux.
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/use-the-keyboard-vi...
Also—FWIW—an m-dash should not have whitespace on either side, at least, not in America. :-)
https://medium.com/typography/on-dashes-hyphens-and-other-im...
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/08/mind-your-en-and-em...