When I first learned the A4 had no midi sequencer I was very perplexed and bummed out… and it greatly diminished my desire to get one, until I heard a bit more about overbridge and how that could ‘close the gap’ in some ways. I would still prefer to have a hardware midi device as the central hub, but cest la vie - and also I realize its not impossible for elektron to add this functionality later.
But it would probably be a bit unwieldy, unless it mirrored the current track structure - because you are going to be limited by the physical interface thats already on there. Sure you could make three-button control moves, etc. etc. - but ideally it would be easily useful and not a massive pain in the ass, otherwise what is the point in the first place.
I do agree that its clearly not an “all-in-one” solution and was clearly not designed that way. I am wondering if elektron would ever design such a device as well, although Im not sure I would go as far as saying they deliberately cripple machines simply to move more units. It may be cynical to say but plenty of companies ARE doing that - its just I dont think elektron is one of them.