As a fellow Australian I think this is partly down to the equipment as well.
I can take a roundabout much faster and more confidently in my sports car with a low centre of gravity and performance tyres compared to an SUV with cheapo tyres like a large proportion of the population drives.
I'm guessing you also drive a car which is more performant than most on the road.
I'm an i3 user so sway was the easiest way to transition for me, so I think I'll just wait for sway to improve with regards to NVIDIA drivers before I give it another shot.
I think it's in jest, but there's a sliver of truth in it because the 3rd party apps were profitable and Reddit isn't. This is due to Reddit being incompetent rather than 3rd party apps being greedy however.
I loved Borderlands cel shading art style for this reason.