Thats very fair! Similarly, I looked at r/unixporn and wanted whatever they have. I gotta admit - that WAS a motivation for me hahaha

Other DEs or gui frameworks support proper theming, adwaita has it's reasons to ignore it. I'd love to see/hear about cool things you can do with qt theming or whatever, but whenever I got theming related things on my screen, it's about how adwaita/gnome sucks and will kill your childlike wonder