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While there's something to be said for Android vs iPhone from an ideological standpoint, that also doesn't apply for KDE and Gnome, both of which are OSS, bay-bee
I'd argue there are two ideologies.
Gnome focuses on design and user interaction, then features.
Plasma focuses on configuration and modularity, then design.
It does seem like they are starting to converge though. With gnome focusing on more features, and Plasma focusing more on design and consistency.