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I'm 100% on board with letting niche desktops be niche desktops, but GNOME isn't niche. It has been elected the default of many distros. Many users will come from traditional desktops and get thrown onto GNOME without being asked whether they like it or not.
As such, I do feel like the GNOME devs have a responsibility of catering to a broader audience. Obviously, they also have the responsibility to push users towards what they envision as the most efficient workflow, but I don't think that justifies a hard break with the traditional desktop paradigm when the two paradigms don't get in the way of each other.