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It's not silly. The target market for GNOME is nobody (except maybe GNOME developers themselves).
Guess I’m nobody, then. I really like Gnome. It works and gets out of my way. I don’t have to spend days configuring it or researching edge cases (like in WMs) and I don’t have to fiddle like crazy to make it look consistent (like on other DEs).
One of the nice things about Linux is, I can choose Gnome and you can choose whatever it is that you like. There’s plenty of room for diversity of opinion.
I personally don't use GNOME either but I believe Linux isn't only used by JS developers.