It doesn't matter, your options are either X11 or a Wayland-based compositor, both of them come with their respective headaches that a regular user has NO IDEA how to fix.
This is only accurate for people who choose enthusiast-centric DIY distributions such as Arch.
“Regular” users have plenty of distribution choices where there are zero of these types of headaches.
> a regular user has NO IDEA how to fix.
Buy hardware that supports Linux and you won't have to think about it.
At this point hardware incompatibility is a self-imposed problem.
You're making this issue much bigger than it is in reality.
Dare I say that you frankly have NO IDEA what the experience on modern Linux is today.
>both of them come with their respective headaches that a regular user has NO IDEA how to fix.
Unlike Windows, right? Right? Guys?