Basically yes. Vertical organization is the default fallback to organize ourself in groups, since it worked mostly fine in the groups of up to 150 people for most of our evolution.
How much months was this again, since they would have needed multiple times the internet in data amounts, just to have some progress? Sorry, but it's a bubble.
Depends on usecase and Xorg vs. Wayland. I like Niri on my Thinkpad with touchscreen, using Wayland.