@green they block progress and refuse to collaborate with others on wayland protocols. meanwhile cosmic, kde, wlroots etc. are working together and trying to standardize their shared extensions. gnome wants everything to be done over dbus...

and wrt to GTK, they're removing theming so that developers can "control their brand"

i don't dislike GNOME as a desktop environment, I just think that their vision for the ecosystems they participate in is really really bad. they're building a walled garden a la apple