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KDE is not less consistent, it's just more configurable. Sorry, actually configurable. Gnome basically says "Do it our way or not at all... okay maybe you can change some colours if you must", which is much more of a Windows (and especially MacOS) attitude than KDE. The default layout of kde is bit more windows like (but less rubbish) but far more configurable. As to hacked together... have you seen gnome's file dialogues???
That's an understatement 😄 The amount of configuration KDE offers is mindbogglingly to me. Again, UX and degree of configuration are very subjective matters.
This is the endless argument, though. I like the way GNOME works by default, so the configurability is irrelevant. Some people want configurability, which is fair, but after 9 years I just don't care anymore.