Also, many laptops with i3 processors also tend to have lower build quality to really drive down prices. In reality, for every laptop with an i3 processor, you can find one with an i5 processor and a little bit better build quality for $50-100 more.

I'm still using a laptop with an 8th-gen i5 processor using Chrome with lots of tabs, light video editing, and I also use it to run OBS to livestream Baby Swede's hockey games. It's totally fine even though benchmark scores put it 45% slower than a 12th-gen i3 processor (and 64% slower than the 12th-gen i5 processor in Miss Swede's new laptop).