I guess one of the drawbacks of getting back into "Lets run Linux as a primary desktop" is realizing that yeah, the linux community is STILL full of egos that don't like being told what they should and should not do, no matter what the impact on the users.
Case in point https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/4895
Short version: Gnome maintainers allow their own screenshot tool to run without restriction, but block all others.
Great fun.