It wasn't about the tradeoffs that the Windows Terminal team "can not make" - it was about alternative optimizations and performance concerns that they arrogantly refused to consider as being possible, and which ought to have been considered if they were being properly competent.
Engineering tradeoffs are real. But hiding behind them every time when it can be pointed out that they don't actually apply - and when demonstrated with concrete evidence - is another thing altogether.
Engineering tradeoffs are real. But hiding behind them every time when it can be pointed out that they don't actually apply - and when demonstrated with concrete evidence - is another thing altogether.