Can You Convince me to Upgrade from MONTEREY?

Hey guys, owner of a MacBook Pro 2020 i5, 8GB 256SSD and a modded 2011 27" iMac.

Can you convince me to upgrade my macOS? Since I got my MacBook Pro in 2020, I have upgraded the OS every year on macOS launch day. However about 2 months ago I decided to downgrade from Sequoia to Monterey 12.7.6 (latest version) as Sequoia I found to be quite buggy, performance seemed slow, and thermals were very poor.

Since being on Monterey, my INTEL Mac has somehow stayed consistently cool, it feels faster, there aren't any major compatibility issues with the apps I use and I find Monterey to be a really polished OS!

In terms of macOS since 2020, I'd say Ventura is the oldest macOS which is most similar to Sequoia - I find Monterey to be much more similar to Big Sur, Catalina etc...

Looking online 'is Ventura quicker than Monterey' - there are so many mixed results. I don't know if Ventura will perform as nicely on my Mac as Monterey..

Could you give me any for and against factors to download a newer OS, OR stay on Monterey? Thank you :)

(I have no intention of scrapping the iMac, I will get rid of it once it stops working, but I do plan to upgrade my MacBook in 2 years or so)

P.S The same applies to my iMac, which I have modded to give it 32GB RAM, 3TB SSD, 4GB NVIDIA Quadro K3100M GPU and an I7-2600, which I find runs Monterey smoother than any of the other newer OS'.