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That link is quite explicit that the idea of making 16:9 screens is to save money because they're smaller than 16:10s:

> In 2011, Bennie Budler, product manager of IT products at Samsung South Africa, confirmed that monitors with a native resolution of 1920 × 1200 were not being manufactured anymore. "It is all about reducing manufacturing costs. The new 16:9 aspect ratio panels are more cost-effective to manufacture locally than the previous 16:10 panels".

> since a 16:9 is narrower than a 16:10 panel of the same length, more panels can be created per sheet of glass

This is why people complain. "We've decided to charge the same amount for a worse product" isn't a winning message.

It also does some weird editorializing:

> By July 2022, 16:9 resolutions are preferred by 77% of users (1920 × 1080 with 67%; 2560 × 1440 with 10%). [In the Steam Hardware Survey]

Steam's hardware survey, of course, doesn't even address the question of what users prefer.