I think it is a little of both, and this issue might be a pretty good example: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues/217 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME

I think it is a little of both, and this issue might be a pretty good example: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues/217 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues/217 Basically, the GNOME devs refuse to provide default window decorations (title bars, etc), forcing all Wayland app devs to draw their own title bars and "X" buttons for their windows. This is a bit silly since some desktop envs do provide default decorations, and 99% of the time you probably want your app to have native-looking title bars. So now we have 1) ugly window decorations on some apps because that's "according to the Wayland spec", and 2) windows with no decorations at all, but only when running on GNOME. End result is ugly inconsistency that makes it very hard to compete with the likes of macOS and Windows on a visual level. And it's all due to a mixture of human stubbornness and arguably an architectural blunder on Wayland's part (but maybe mostly the former, to further your point...)