True, it's the price for security.

> need at least 64G of ram to even remotely use it as it's intended

This is false. I'm using it on a 32G machine never meeting the limit. If you use minimal templates, you can easily work on a 8G machine.

> no hardware acc by default

They're working on on it: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/8552

> buggy templates

What are you even talking about? I'm using Qubes as my daily driver and don't have any problems with the templates.

> sleep is broken

It works flawlessly on my Librem 14.

> uses X11 for display

Why is this a problem? See also: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3366

> dom0 is not updated as frequently as it should be

Should be for what? No software should be run in dom0, so its updates are not relevant: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/dom0-secure-updates/#reasons-fo... and https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-install-software-in-dom0...

> I hardly see any effort in documenting the fact that individual VMs's security matter too

https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4233

Also, Kicksecure template is already available: https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/kicksecure-template-for-qubes-t...