GNOME make sense if you want something simple. I personally don’t like how unstable it can get when you start to pile extensions and how some extensions would stay broken for a few weeks after a GNOME update, but that shouldn’t be an issue if you don’t use any beyond the most basic ones like the tray icon one.
I personally always go with KDE because I’m used to it, I already have my perfect UX for my workflow and preferences, and in the long term things just break/changes a lot less often (they usually only really break backwards compatibility during major updates, so most add-ons and script rarely needs updates).
Here is my setup if you’re curious:
Do note though, that switching between desktop via rebasing often causes issues - I think I was stuck in a black screen after boot once. So if you want to switch, I’d recommend reinstalling.