This is my Gnome desktop right now. Nothing too fancy, just the usual Gnome 49 with extensions (Blur my shell, AutoAccentColour, System Monitor, etc.), a Win11 inspired background and two apps running (Vivaldi browser playing a Youtube video and Kew music player in a terminal).
I play around with configs and add-ons from time to time but i ALWAYS move back to this Gnome designed desktop and it fits my needs.
The best thing about Gnome: It’s one of hundreds of choices.
I love XFCE personally, but everyone has multiple choices to pick the one they like most.