Yep, been there. It's baffling just how strange Gnome devs' priorities are, not to mention how they interact with the community. Rest of the DEs seem to be more "Okay, community said this, let's try this with x or y." Gnome is more "We know best, no we're not listening to you" from all the interactions I've had with gnome devs.

"Can you tell me a use case for this?" for a feature for example present in every other DE. I forgot what the exact context was or I'd pull up the ticket. Something to do with the sorting of files from the header of the sort display or some such.