For me, the similarity is not primarily from the looks but from:
The opinionated "GNOME"- or "Apple"-Way to do things
The focus on using workspaces (Although Apple forces you more to use them than GNOME does)
The focus on design before features (I feel like this is more of a GNOME thing but it aligns with the philosophy Apple tries to exhibit about itself)
Then alongside that, I also get that MacOS vibes from more minor things, like GTK or Apple AppKit (?) providing one unified design language across almost all apps, as well as the touchpad gestures.
For me, the similarity is not primarily from the looks but from:
Then alongside that, I also get that MacOS vibes from more minor things, like GTK or Apple AppKit (?) providing one unified design language across almost all apps, as well as the touchpad gestures.