You don’t use GNOME to get rid of bloat. You use it to get a fully functional opinionated desktop without tweaking too much.
If you want no “bloat”, whatever that is, use some minimal compositor like Sway or something.
Personally, I say: Give me all the bloat, I love it! I love every cool and quality of life feature there is. I have enough space on any desktop computer.
You don’t use GNOME to get rid of bloat. You use it to get a fully functional opinionated desktop without tweaking too much.
If you want no “bloat”, whatever that is, use some minimal compositor like Sway or something.
Personally, I say: Give me all the bloat, I love it! I love every cool and quality of life feature there is. I have enough space on any desktop computer.