Hi JoshStrobl and thank you for the reply. My humble opinion is that it would be a better experience to a Gnome user to have (closer to) stock features over resorting to extensions (i.e. OpenWeather) to replace them. Extensions could then be utilized to diverge from stock for user's preference and customization. Potentially this would mean less work for the team allowing them to focus on other priorities. (I know, I'm trying to sell it cementing a decision).
One of the main reasons I use Solus is that it is an opinionated distro (architecture, UX, repo, etc.). The Solus experience is great. You guys take good care of us and I thank you for that.