That makes total sense to me. Maybe I’ll give Pleroma FE a shot in the future. I just wanted to have something more modern looking for myself and - mainly - for my wife to also comfortably use the Fediverse.
Not saying I don’t understand you. I’ve been to BSPWM, DWM heaven and back. I appreciated the simple, I appreciated the “bloated”.
But to me, Mastodon is bloat. And Pleroma and forks are not bloat.