I'd say if you want a unified desktop, you create an organization, fund it and hire all the desktop developers globally to work on your vision for a unified bas

I'd say if you want a unified desktop, you create an organization, fund it and hire all the desktop developers globally to work on your vision for a unified baseline desktop. I don't have to like Gnome's org, or the fact that KDE uses Qt, or any number of other bits... Not to mention System76 doing their own thing with Cosmic, which has had a rather impressive development pace. They're all doing their thing and running their projects. Much like MS doesn't guide MacOS development. In the end, people can use what they like... I'd rather not exist in a space ruled by totalitarian/communist/fascist or any other centralized national constraints in place. Even if it is wasteful, and it is, people are allowed to waste their own time that they put into a hobby or otherwise donate. For those getting paid, or paying for it, cool, for those not, they are free individuals. I've often said, if I didn't have to work for a living, I'd create a better, floss version of Exchange+Outlook. I don't have to join an existing project, or convince everyone to join mine.