I remember about 10 or 15 years ago somebody pointed out that a big chunk of the GNOME devs used Apple laptops, even at public appearances, and it answered a lot of my questions about the state of the project.

(and I say this as a user of GNOME)

I think that perfectly explains why GNOME is the way it is.

Funny enough, that's also why Windows is in the state it's in. Funny how that works.