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Oversimplification. COSMIC lacks like 95% of what GNOME has that is important for regular users, like the vast extension ecosystem or GSConnect as simple examples.
Just to clarify: the "much smoother" is subjective and might be an oversimplification, but the "not using Gnome" part is correct.
Personally I don't use any Gnome extensions and have much preferred Cosmic to the old Pop Shell. YMMV.