I’m not OP, but I don’t see an inconsistency about what they actually said. They didn’t say screen real estate doesn’t matter at all, only that the specific space under discussion isn’t a concern to them. I imagine many Mac users can relate, especially long time Mac users who remember when the menubar couldn’t even be hidden.
As far as the value of larger versus smaller screens, I can also relate to OP. When I’m sitting with my laptop on my actual lap, I definitely have fewer things on screen at any given time than when I’m using my comically large 43” desk monitor. I’m generally not looking at more things on that monstrosity at any given time! But being able to “switch” to them without interacting with a mouse/keyboard is a convenience that the larger screen affords. Even if I don’t care about trying to shove more of my active focus into the top few pixels of either screen.
> They didn’t say screen real estate doesn’t matter at all, only that the specific space under discussion isn’t a concern to them
"More space matters, but not if it's 100px at the top of the screen"
If you are a believer that additional screen space provides some marginal value, as the majority of people do, then you cannot at all argue that there's nothing lost by losing screen space. If you believe that you only need 15" and anything beyond that does not provide additional marginal value, then you can be logically consistent with these two statements.
If you don't see the logical inconsistency, I can't help you, sorry.
There is no faith. Either screen real estate matters or it doesn’t. If you have a 43” monitor and think its useful, then you must agree that having 100 extra pixels on a 16” screen is also useful.
You absolutely cannot argue in good faith otherwise. Its a provable mathematical fact that the beliefs are incongruent.
You are free to choose to hold logically inconsistent beliefs though. You do you
As far as the value of larger versus smaller screens, I can also relate to OP. When I’m sitting with my laptop on my actual lap, I definitely have fewer things on screen at any given time than when I’m using my comically large 43” desk monitor. I’m generally not looking at more things on that monstrosity at any given time! But being able to “switch” to them without interacting with a mouse/keyboard is a convenience that the larger screen affords. Even if I don’t care about trying to shove more of my active focus into the top few pixels of either screen.