I can't remember the last time I touched a hi-DPI display. They really aren't that common still, even in technical office environments - regular 1440p or 4K ~150 PPI displays work just fine.

E: Actually, I suppose my Samsung counts. But the point stands w.r.t. "real computer" displays.

If nice monitors were free, sure. Sadly nice monitors cost money. When I worked office jobs, hidpi displays were rarely available.

I like looking at pixels as long as those pixels look good. Zed's pixels look awful.

And do what the the few devices with perfectly fine 1080 or 1440p displays? Just throw them away?

My laptop display is fine. My desktop's 1440p is blurry, any external display at the office is blurry. So what? use Zed on my laptop when I'm using the built-in display, then switch editors if I'm switching monitors?