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More like forcing no customization
You can change it up with gnome tweaks and extensions. By default you can set accent colors and the background. (Plus move apps around the dashboard)
But plugins break every update and gnome tweaks doesn't let you change gnomes gtk theme anymore and from what I heard they added it in Gnome 3 bcs there was alot of drama
Extensions require time to be updated to support the newest gnome version. It is only any issue if you update right after the newest gnome release. It is better to stay on something stable anyway since you probably will find bugs in the latest and greatest.
As far a gnome tweaks is concerned it is still actively maintained and is needed for those who want to do more tweaking. It is important to note modern gnome is all libadwaita based which means it doesn't use GTK themes. You can still set the theme for legacy apps but for libadwaita you need to set the colors you are looking for. The old style GTK is pretty much retired in gnome because it caused lots of inconsistent and non inclusive UI elements. Libadwaita makes everything the same and looks more modern than basically everything out there. (My opinion)
YEAH true I can see plugins being used on something like Debian.
Oh that's why gnome tweaks got read of gtk theming I saw a forum post saying gnome devs don't want customization especially they have this page: https://stopthemingmy.app/
I don't want customization. The biggest users of gnome is probably enterprise Linux. In the enterprise or business space you want reliability and predictably.
Ok that would make sense why Most Enterprise oriented distros only ship Gnome
Funny enough Xfce4 is also commonly used as well.
Both gnome and xfce4 has kiosk modes and settings which allows an admin to lock the system down. Xfce4 tends to be a little more favored since it is easier to make it look like Windows.
Of course it depends on the deployment and company. Almost everyone is going to be on Windows since it is the easiest to manage from a desktop perspective. Like it or not group policy is pretty hard to compete with. I do think Wayland and XDG desktop portals will definitely help make Linux a more appealing option but at the end of the day business just want something standard and supported.