The X server devs were or are the same people as the Wayland devs and claimed that they changed it to make it bug compatible to Windows.
Windows has not had that bug since the release of Windows 7 but it still is in the X server.
The X server devs have answered all bug reports about the fixed 96 DPI with WONTFIX and said that the fix is Wayland since 2006.
Never mind that Wayland was nowhere near ready in 2006 or 2016 for that matter their intent was and is to force the switch over to it.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
