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Im just saying Gnome is the most popular choice on Linux and for a good reason, its a modern UI
You do realise that even though it's not one of the official Mint variants, it's still possible to install Gnome on Mint with minimal fuss?
There are people that still install and run KDE and that hasn't been a Mint variant for some time now.
Or are you saying that Gnome should be the default variant because it's "modern"?
The monkey's paw curled a finger when they took off in that direction. Most old Linux/X applications will run fine under any window manager / desktop environment and, by and large, inherit the look and feel of that environment. Modern Gnome apps say "no" to that and look like Gnome apps wherever they are.
Since the Mint team are forking Gnome apps precisely to avoid that behaviour, I'd say Mint isn't going to adopt Gnome proper any time soon, but as I said, you can install it if you really want.
Defaults matter because most people just don't change them. Also that's a terrible idea, you'll run into loads of issues and a lack of support for troubleshooting.