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The market is to optimize for max human eyesight, which is a horizontal aspect ratio. For edge cases, a monitor can be converted to a vertical aspect ratio easily.
There really isn't a large market to go square. If anything, monitors have gotten wider over time.
Not to mention I only want to go wider.
The immersion for gaming is all I car for, my work laptop is for work and it's something I hardly use as a mechanic