A lot of the hate comes from the personal memory of the inconvenience of being forced to switch DEs. Especially when the alternatives to gnome would introduce new issues into your workflow.
It's similar to the google product model:
1. Buy / adopt working product.
2. Identify feature that <100% of the userbase demands, and has no workaround if removed.
3. Remove feature.
4. Bask in anger of people suddenly stuck looking for alternatives.
Gnome project owes me nothing and I've contributed nothing to it. But I still can't un-remember the annoyance when I had to switch to KDE4.
It's similar to the google product model:
1. Buy / adopt working product.
2. Identify feature that <100% of the userbase demands, and has no workaround if removed.
3. Remove feature.
4. Bask in anger of people suddenly stuck looking for alternatives.
Gnome project owes me nothing and I've contributed nothing to it. But I still can't un-remember the annoyance when I had to switch to KDE4.
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