How to use a simple type inside a dynamic zone or an array of simple type (string)?

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Hi,

My simplified use case is this:
I have a User object and want to have a list of quotes as string.
So User → quotes (type list of string).

This simple, yet can’t be done in Strapi. I can do it only if I overengineer and create another content type quote and link via relations or if I use a dynamic zone with another nested component that just has a text string!

My specific questions are:

  1. is it possible to use type: string for a dynamic zone (haven’t found so far)?
  2. Is it possible or planned to allow using array of simple types for a particular content-type key ?, example array
  3. If no, where can I create a feature request? I believe this will reduce complexity, hacky solutions and make Strapi even easier and faster to use

My current workarounds until I find a proper solution:

Ugly workaroundsat the moment is by creating components named SimpleText like below

{
  "collectionName": "components_core_simple_text",
  "info": {
    "name": "SimpleText",
    "displayName": "Simple text",
    "icon": "text-height",
    "description": ""
  },
  "options": {},
  "attributes": {
    "content": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}

only to be able to assign an array of text to a particular content type! and using this inside a dynamic zone in the User content type

       "quotes": {
            "pluginOptions": {
                "i18n": {
                    "localized": true
                }
            },
            "type": "dynamiczone",
            "components": [
                "core.simple-text"
            ],
            "required": true
        },