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None of the points in the comment you replied is about the topic on root of the replies, I replied the two guys talking how they dislike KDE because they get distracted by customization. Go reply someone else if you want to say why KDE or Gnome is better, I don't want to discuss this I was just saying why saying "I get distracted" is not a valid argument as you can keep KDE with default settings and you can get distracted by anything else on your physical room, "overwhelming" can be anything new to learn if you don't know where the options are placed, and to do work and daily tasks you don't need to configure anything on any distro with KDE. Plus KDE also has a system-wide dark mode. Again, I don't want to discuss about why KDE or why Gnome, just test and use the most you like but don't tell me KDE is distracting you from doing your daily tasks...
okay you're right about the root topic.
Mainly the idea is that gnome is nice because it has generally pretty solid defaults and doesn't expect you to do anything drastic to get the most out of it (except dark mode which is coming in a few weeks in gnome 42). This helps productivity out of the box and makes it more approachable. KDE is also good, I'm running it right now and it's defaults are also good, but it took me a long time to get anywhere near to getting the most out of it.
For some people that's good, they want to be immersed into their desktop and know and control every part they use. Other people prefer a simple setup to use as a medium to get work done and put that effort into other things like their work or games or anything else. It's really up to the type of user.
I feel a bit repetitive but any KDE distro like manjaro already gives you a nice and working interface, I think it's the same just KDE has more options, you have a search bar to find the options easily which gnome don't have so KDE could be easier than gnome to find a option too. If you don't want to customize your desktop environment you will not do even if it's KDE, LXDE, XFCE, Gnome... and any desktop environment... for example, on my laptop I have KDE with just a blank bar on the top with the icons system try + apps opened. Nothing more... I use shortcuts to open rofi to open apps and more shortcuts to change between workspaces, it is more simple and fast than Gnome.