Yes, but there’s obviously more to the story: this whole problem exists because there’s no real theme support at all. So users and distros literally hack css up

Yes, but there’s obviously more to the story: this whole problem exists because there’s no real theme support at all. So users and distros literally hack css up and it usually ends up looking okay for the popular apps and terrible for all the others. There’s got to be a middle ground where some window manager provides more structured guardrails for people to apply custom styles and themes to their system that don’t break app layouts and make them look like crap. That way users and developers can meet in “supported” territory. The inability to effectively style Linux is one of the reasons I lean back on macOS so much. The brand complaint is BS though. Using an alternative app icon does not rob you of your brand. If you care about your brand so much then defend it in your license. And don’t come whining if that means some popular distro won’t package you.