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Quality of life improvement. Plus it's normal for operating systems to have some kind of smartphone/smart device integration now.
And I don't approve of this transition. It's unnecessary bloat. Just install it if you want it.
Only a Gentoo user can make that claim. Hope you are one.
That's not true lol
I am an arch user though
Guess what if you installed a DE, other than the tiling ones, it came with bloat.
You probably also use systemd, another infamous piece of bloatware. /s
Gentoo has less bloat than Arch if really want to get into nitpicking.
I use systemd, but I do not use a DE.
Just because they contain bloat, doesn't mean they should, and that more should be added.