This is the second article of this sort I've seen lately, along the lines of "I can't use linux because of my obscure workflow". The other one being a tech journalist trying to install linux on his MS Surface devices, expecting a single-click install scenario, then ditching it because 'no biometric login with the webcam'. I continue to be astounded by how so many other people use technology, and how foreign it seems.
Somehow a mobile-only workflow just seems weird to me, having grown up long before smart or mobile anything. I (regrettably) own a smartphone, and struggle to use it anytime I have to..