This feels like a very local setup, in that it optimises for what you run locally on your machine, as opposed to the most modern you can get when connecting to machines you can't install things on/have limited control (and so you must worry about compatibility). That is, your terminal emulator almost certainly supports 24-bit colour (yes, even xterm), it's ensuring that the path between the terminal emulator and the piece of software you're trying to interact with doesn't have any snags (which may or may not include terminal multiplexors, shells, ssh conections, serial connections or any other middleware/libraries/config files which are misconfigured/misbehave).
This also assumes that the software you're running is going to take advantage of these features, e.g. busybox installs lack colour support.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 13.0 ms ] threadThis also assumes that the software you're running is going to take advantage of these features, e.g. busybox installs lack colour support.