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This is a problem with all the OSes.

I disagree. KDE and Gnome both have pretty consistent UI strategies. You may or may not like them but they have clear identities and design guidelines and follow them.

GTK1, GTK2, GTK3, GTK4, GTK5. Qt1, Qt2, Qt3, Qt4, Qt5.

Yes, those are all different versions of the underlying widget frameworks. I don't understand your point. My current GUI is KDE Plasma 6.6. The only libraries I have installed are Qt 6 (which I am not sure why you didn't list). I have no need for version 5 or 4, or any other. The GUI is consistent.

When I last used Windows, on a fresh install, I saw a mixture of different frameworks used for core OS components from the same vendor.

When I last used OS X, it was pretty consistent but I hear complaints from friends that its no longer the case.

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