My understanding[1] is that distros prefer GNOME as the default due to it's release cycle being significantly easier to package then KDE's. [1] Going off comme

My understanding[1] is that distros prefer GNOME as the default due to it's release cycle being significantly easier to package then KDE's. [1] Going off comments from one dev behind the Aeon distro on why it uses GNOME and not KDE, despite being an OpenSUSE spin-off.