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I haven't used displays with under ~215ppi in over 10 years. I find these subpixel opinion discussions still ongoing very... quaint. :)

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So you haven't used a 32 inch 4K monitor which is ~135 ppi? What do you get at that size, a 5K or 6K monitor? Not many of those available and they have specific requirements like higher display port or thunderbolt bandwidth.

There's also an entire world of users still on 720p and 1080p displays. They deserve better font rendering even if it doesn't affect us personally.

I haven't. I have 5K and 6K monitors. That's indeed privileged, but only for a bit until that's soon commonplace and cheap. So this all sounds like a very temporary problem at this point for something so subjective. Every time this topic comes up it's the same "but I like the look of $OS rendering the best" comments.

High PPI screens have been around for 10 years or so, and they still cost about twice as much as a standard PPI screen the same size.

Put yourself in the shoes of the average computer purchaser: Would you rather buy a high PPI monitor, or two standard PPI monitors? To me this is a no-brainer.

Maybe you can afford such a display. But I still like regular HD displays because they are cheap and functional.

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