But this is literally how federation works. Not everybody subscribes every single Linux community.
The article you posted is outdated. The last change was in 2022 and most sections are even older. Plasma 6 has full Wayland support.
How is it relying on XWayland? I don’t know of any KDE Plasma components that require X11. The apps you install might need XWayland but that is separate from the Plasma desktop.
‘Dead rop’ is a really dumb name.