I have said nothing that obviously alludes to anything of the kind.
I have not found sniffing. In fact, it is not what I found that is the problem...
It is what I didn't find. And how loudly that silence speaks.
GTK 4 / Gnome 40 removes many essential classes that most non-gnome desktops that still use gtk rely on. The list of removals is also easily researched by anyone. Including the very start of this thread:
All the warning signs are there, with Red Lights Flashing. But all anyone sees, is "Bigger Number."
What this list of removals means; is that it undercuts all non-gnome desktops that use GTK, which is supposed to be the Gnu Toolkit, not the Gnome Toolkit... Elevating Gnome to Top Desktop in the market by throwing all other developers under the bus, using the FOSS toolkit that does not actually belong to Gnome.
Gnome-software? The only things that changed in it are some appearance tweaks (Including removal of aspects of the Scrollbars) as Kedric said. That's it.
It's still just as broken.
Nautilus? More feature and UI removals. Do the Reviewers cover that? Or just go on and on about how pretty they think it is?
Is the modern definition of "pretty" synonymous with "useless?" So minimalist it's not a computer, but an overcharged Tablet?
It reminds me very strongly of a certain Politician, making promise after promise to 'Drain The Swamp' to cheering crowds and unresearched gleeful applause... all while filling the swamp with his Own Corrupt Swamp Monsters.
And all sides refusing to see the damage, the danger and the underlying cause of it all...
It's best I stay out of this thread. My blood is boiling.