It's for this reason that I find the desktop generally of more use on a Mac than I do under Windows or under Linux with a Windows-type DE.

macOS is built around the idea of windows being sized and positioned as they will, with very little management (automated or otherwise), leaving a substantial amount of desktop exposed most of the time. As a result, the desktop gets a lot more usage as a staging space since it's constantly available for drag and drop operations (both to and from).

In Windows-paradigm systems on the other hand, it's almost a given that the screen will be filled entirely with 1-2 windows and the desktop is only ever really visible upon reboot or hard context switches.