Alternatively I found a fullscreen system I like on MacOS. I have one leftmost desktop that gets freeform window placement. Then any subsequent desktop is one or two (side by side) fullscreen apps. That way I have all of my apps organized in a linear order. I use proximity to group them up. I think a 2D desktop grid might actually be a nice upgrade.

It’s still a weird opinionated way for them to set up the DE.