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Given your observation, I’m guessing you have not used i3wm very much. i3 is extremely flexible and powerful. But as with most Window Managers, i3wm is geared towards those who prefer to build a highly customized environment. If you haven’t already, this is a good read. https://i3wm.org/
I would have thought that i3wm would use a lot less memory, given how basic it is.
Given your observation, I’m guessing you have not used i3wm very much. i3 is extremely flexible and powerful. But as with most Window Managers, i3wm is geared towards those who prefer to build a highly customized environment. If you haven’t already, this is a good read. https://i3wm.org/