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IMHO, GNOME is not simple, it's dumbed down. They've obviously tried to copy Apple where it suited them, but missed on a whole bunch of important details, like a unified menu system, a powerful terminal emulator, desktop icons (omg), while badly aping all of the worst parts - from requiring 4 clicks to shutdown/reboot (where macOS requires 2), thru a mostly useless top bar that steals the real estate from browser tabs (Fitt's law), to asking SDL to link against libadwaita to draw window decorations. And this is the worst part, they not only do not want to accommodate their users, but also ignore the developers - those who wish to integrate with and therefore empower the free desktop ecosystem.

Apple can get away with all of that because they're a trillion dollar company, but unlike Apple, the power of the open source community doesn't stem from an unimaginable pile of cash, but from interoperability and cooperation.