I agree.
I can imagine multiple use cases...
* A complete multiwindow console environment you can access locally or over an SSH session
* An extremely low-resource multi-app session for very low-end devices, such as a Raspberry Pi Zero or the like, where you have under a gigabyte of RAM
* A very fast very low-resource environment for a console-only server that happens to have a big hi-res LCD attached
* I am less sure but this could potentially be highly accessible for users with low vision or users of screenreaders.