I'm gonna guess you have not tried continuity camera....Then again maybe you don't care but it solidly upgraded my camera experience on the Mac through my Apple phone. I mean. This.Is.What.We're.Talking.About.With.EcoSystem. Today, I was finally glad to be drinking the coolaid (and I'm typing this from an x86 machine).
That said, I share your frustration, I do happen to have a cluster of PopOS machines behind me for my kids (and I am sincerely digging that OS, but it also has it's warts)