I cannot explain how much I do not want to see this green dot and “New!” text in my application launcher. Rather than be a passionate contributor like you, I have regrettably become a slave to the Big Tech industry - But one thing I can provide is insight into why operating systems like iOS and Windows have this noise: Impact driven development People need to justify their work on a continuous basis, with the upside of promotions and downside of layoffs. They add the most useless feature...
I find KDE’s settings app isn’t always easy to find settings in, especially when you have no idea what to call a feature.
This! KDE’s settings are a mess to navigate. I completely understand why that person didn’t know there even was a configuration for this.