[veeti]

> It almost smells like sabotage (at least self-sabotage).

See also: Ubuntu Unity, Gnome 3, KDE 4... all widely panned by their most loyal users. 2010s were the lost decade of Linux.

[johnny22]

there were many of us who really liked gnome 3 though. Not that it was issue free, but the workflow was very appealing.

[veeti]

Sure, I quite enjoy it myself now. But I'd be lying if I said it wasn't borderline unusable for years.