This article was written in the sense of bashing gnome but yet some points seem to be valid. It explains the history of gtk 1 to 4 and the influence of gnome in gtk. I’m not saying gnome is bad here, instead I find this an interesting to read and I’m sharing it.
Conclusion was instersting as hell. I thought I would die laughing. Okey I really do not understand why people want to use old shit. Like old Debian, old XFCE, old GTK, old X, old EVERYTHING! And it does not even matter, actually you may and can use anything, stop updating, stop complaining, etc.
I guess it’s because some people like consistency and not rapid changes. X may be because of NoVideo users.