Well, in our case, our servers don't have a GUI, so it's not even an issue. I care less about their GUI (as it doesn't affect me) than I do about some of the other things, such as crippling text install, systemd, and that sort of thing--changing the network interface names is another--though I don't think that was aimed at the inexperienced desktop user, I think, (and I tend to think this about a lot of what one sees in Fedora) that it was something where someone is trying to show the head of their department that they're doing things.
Here's an example of what I mean. Now, my memory is vague on this, and I'm too lazy to look for the exact reference, but...
Apparently, ntp or ntpd is being replaced, by default, by chrony, and for some reason or another, whether systemd or chrony itself, there were circumstances where it would not get the time at boot. One of the RH people (and one for whom I have the utmost respect) wrote words to the effect that it wasn't the end of the world if it didn't get time at bootup.
Now, again, that's fine for the desktop/laptop user, but it shows how many of the people, in charge just don't know, or at best, don't think very much about, servers. Again, this is fine--but someone at RH will probably just throw it right into 7.x
BIG DISCLAIMER---I didn't follow the particular bug and for all I know, the person who said that completely changed their mind, or put lots of effort into fixing it so it didn't happen.
Anyway, aside from that, what Fedora does with their desktop doesn't affect me too often. However, just to give another example--not Fedora itself, but the X people, IIRC--they decided the current crop of users were so moronic that they better disable ctl+alt+backspace to kill X. It can be put back in. But...here's the thing--I can't think of too many times when I accidentally killed X at an important time--but I can think of lots of other times when this was an inconvenience. Disaster--no, usually, one can do ctl+alt+F1 or get out of it another way, but point is, it never helped me, only got in my way.
Then, we gradually get used to it. I remember Alan Cox being aggravated about the you're too stupid to be allowed to log in as root decision. Now, we are all used to it. I think Linux needs its own Stephen Colbert to point out how absurd much of this is---though, like Colbert, it will probably only be good for laughs and not get too much changed.