GNOME. Won’t say I don’t hate it sometimes but every time after a few weeks using anything else I’m back to gnome. The polish and smoothness are unparalleled, and I don’t really customize a lot. I did used the Plasma 6 beta and seemed great even if it’s not my preference of design language, but haven’t tried since. I should give it another go.
I don’t know the precise answer, but I do know this:
So form my point of view it would be almost as if we tried to include the sides of a ravine or gorge in the measure just because technically it is area space.
Sorry if I cannot give you an exact answer, but I wanted to comment because you raised an interesting point that made me think.
Cheers.