The success of KDE depends on maintaining and attracting new developers. C++ is decreasing in popularity, with less people becoming willimg to learn it overtime. Adding more modern languages to the mix that are more pleasant to write with will help keep KDE popular with devs.
Man that’s a hard sell when the starlite is going for $627 https://us.starlabs.systems/pages/starlite
$70 cheaper with better specs is a no brainer