You certainly can. I think part of this perception comes from this idea that you’re stuck with the same desktop environment or utilities that came with the system, whereas on Linux you can completely reinstall things you didn’t even know were options from the Windows World.

For example, I can run Gnome and use the KDE connect application if I want to.

To some users, if the system doesn’t recommend the use case or hold your hand through it, they confuse that with being impossible.