Generalizing: the technical merits of <whatever> are mostly irrelevant. People use software- or any other tool- to solve actual problems that they have, not because they are prettier technically.

For example, I have been using Pipewire for a while now, because I have to use a USB sound card intermittently. I don't think it is bad, but I wish I did not have to switch card so I could use ALSA directly. I don't care if PW is technically "superior", for me ALSA worked and I could get perfect audio even if the computer mostly hanged.

I use XCFE because I need to get stuff done and XFCE does not change the UI or move buttons around. It does not support wayland. I don't have time to fiddle with config files or to use a DE that churns the UI on each release.

The articles arguing for the technical superiority of <whatever> always sound like they are scorning the user for not recognizing the obvious superiority of the new thing. Almost like they considered anyone who does not adopt the new system stupid.