It doesn't happen very often any more, but when people always used to ask why I didn't like GNOME 3 I'd just point them to the devs' own words on the mailing list: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-shell-list/2011-June/m...
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From that thread:
> Can we declare that GNOME Shell doesn't have themes, and prevent people from posting screenshots of GNOME Shell with a modified theme or with a modified top panel?
o_O
Maybe if Gnome's default theme didn't make window title bars half the size of the screen, people wouldn't be so eager to theme. Seriously, I have a huge, hi res monitor and the default theme makes it feel like some child or elderly specific thing. Nobody uses Gnome on a tablet, give it up!
Here is a more recent effort in the same vein by some GNOME developers (and developers for GNOME): https://stopthemingmy.app/
This subject is endlessly amusing (and sad at the same time). The first app icon they present belongs to an app, Transmission, whom a GNOME developer had an argument with, because he suggested to the app developer to remove the status icon from the program (!!):
> Transmission has an option in the Desktop tab of the preferences to “Show Transmission icon in the notification area”. This should probably be removed.