I’ve been using Haruna for a while instead of VLC because it works with Wayland. Menus can be hidden, lots of options: configurable hotkeys, VAAPI enabled, allow multiple instances, etc. It remembers position in last video when reopened, overall it’s very nice.
Wait I though it was Windows that had a KDEy feel? Anyway it shouldn’t matter whether UI’s have some common features if they’re good, only whether we like one regardless. You enjoy GNOME, great, that’s a very slick desktop too.
Plasma has a lot of things that puts it above Windows in my book.