Honestly I don't understand the pessimistic view here. I think every release since Microsoft started funding python has increased high single digit best case performance.
Rather than focussing on the raw number compare to python 3.5 or so. It's still getting significantly faster.
If they keep doing this steady pace they are slowly saving the planet!
I think environmentalist have been trying to say this forever.
A lifestyle where everyone is supposed to own a car is not sustainable. Cities need to adjust to such an environment. You can see this slowly happening in Europe.
Furthermore you can check the infrastructure spend in Netherlands over time as they stopped prioritizing the needs for car drivers.
If you do that in Europe you have to pay them during standby hours.
400k/year seems very low to me.