I think it's a total shame this has not been done properly to date. Phones have enough horsepower to power a decent laptop or tablet and there are no technical roadblocks.

I wish they would be standard. I only use a browser and ssh on my laptop so it would eliminate my need to lug around another computer.

I tried it and hated it. I bought a Samsung tablet for the hardware but the software just wasn't up to snuff for my usage. So I sold it and bought a laptop (miss that thinness and oled screen)

I used a Samsung device with DeX and a lapdock as my sole PC for a year. It was...challenging. I expect that a first generation "desktop experience" on Android from Google would have issues, too.

I also have big concerns about Google's invasive new ad platform which monitors your browser history to serve you ads, and how integrated it also seems to be to apps which use Chrome on Android.

All that said, I'd probably still be all-in for a Pixel that becomes a ChromeOS device when plugged into a monitor.

I'm very excited about usb-c output on a phone: mostly because it means I could watch youtube videos on my way to work via a usb-c video out to a pair of wearable screens (xreal air)

I like the idea, as an even more portable laptop

Nope, I have real computers for that. Its cool in theory, but has never taken off for a reason. Its not like DeX is new, its only a minority of people that want it which is why it'll never get big or realistically improved.