I once liked Gnome very much.
Then it became cumbersome to customize it and keep that state across growing versions.
Then it became even more unintuitive and cumbersome to do basic customisations.
Then I abandoned it and went for Xfce4 - or even just window managers like OpenBox (Bunsenlabs, based upon Debian, is a good example).
Use what works - if it doesn’t, use something else.
Sometimes, for those who have reached Trust Level 2 (Member Level) on the forum, it is worth checking the This Week in Plasma - updates thread - 2025 edition before posting. This issue was mentioned in the latest post: