Well, I'm nearsighted. So I can type on my phone without glasses at all. So I was really kinda annoyed when they set the focal distance on some progressives I had to 1 foot. Laptop reading was possible but uncomfortable.

I have given up on progressives altogether. Single vision for me is awesome. But my big recommendation is to educate yourself on the choices available cuz you can't expect an optometrist/optician to do this in five minutes.

Whichever way you go, you're absolutely right to get what is correct for you, which (usually) requires digging on your own.

Luckily for me, as I say, my eye doc recommended that layout.