Not quite. I had planned to fiddle some more before there was a stable ISO release. The next nightly development GNOME ISO will at least include Manjaro branding /theming again.
The purpose of stripping down the minimal ISOs is in preparation for new things we have planned for the installer. Stay tuned for more news.
If anyone has more feedback regarding this, please create a new topic in Feedback for more discussion. We are of course open to feedback and welcome suggestions from users.
EDIT: @Chrysostomus and I made some improvements to the GNOME ISO’s. @phil should be spinning up new 21.2.4 ISO’s soon.