The petition system exists to make the people think they have a voice. Much like parish councils etc. Keep the busybodies busy with nothing so they don’t stick their nose in something.

Why would you subject yourself to Gnome voluntarily???

I use Arch btw

Using Garuda (basically just Arch with some bloat) because I’m 1) too lazy to install Arch myself and 2) on an Nvidia card and Wayland WMs still seem buggy for me. Once (if ever) Wayland is stable on Nvidia I’ll probably look for an alternative