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I like and use GNOME but Flatpak is a big step backwards in GNU/Linux application deployment. Stick to your distros, folks!
I'm not overly fond of Flatpak, but it at least puts us in a much better place than Docker does.
There is a third way, nix and NixOS.
Also Guix and GuixSD, which is what I help develop.
Why do you think it is a step backwards?
Used Gnome for a while now, like it a lot. However, at times it feels quite bloated and that the bloat will mean some apps don't get attention they should.

Night light is nice, though. Will try it as soon as it hit the repositories on Arch.

Note: the reason we need Night Light to be in Gnome is because since the move to Wayland, it can't be done by an external application like it used to be under X; it has to be done by the Wayland compositor.

I'm looking forward to using this in Fedora 26. One of the major things that broke for me in Fedora 25 was Redshift.

A recipes app as part of a desktop environment? Feels like a loss of focus to me.