That's kind of your personal point of view. Highly subjective matter. I, for instance, like xfce — it's not perfect, but far better than anything else I tried. Some people, I know, like KDE. I tried to get used to it for a half a year to "get a feel of it", but never understood how it's even usable.

I mean, you better not pass opinions like that one as "a clever lifehack".

I didn't say it was the best, I said it was one with a clear design vision (which I happen to like), in a way that XFCE or Mate don't.