The “root of bad” is capitalism itself, the logic of the system tends to create monopolies over time, as demonstrated in the game ‘Monopoly’

I think another factor for some is that it’s a community-driven project rather than a product with corporate backing. This is also a big reason why some use Debian over Ubuntu LTS

Just use the Cinnamon desktop for a while, figure out what you want it to do which it doesn’t. Ricing is fun sometimes but the point is to actually be able to use your computer in the way that you want