1x for me is very much a purpose made thing. I bought my parents 1x since they could never learn how to properly shift their old hybrids, they now do so with the simplicity 1x offers. My mtb is 1x and was switched there from 2x, I found that for actual trail riding I never used the larger ring and when I rode it on pavement it was so I could ride slower at the kids' speeds, going 1x was an easy choice and I've been happy with it. But, for any other riding I would find the 40x11 too slow while the easy might not be easy enough for me or for pavement where climbs can change so much over longer periods of time and wind can be such a large variable I don't like the big jumps of the larger cassettes. Both my gravel and cross bikes are geared differently but both are 2x to keep that tighter rear cassette and allow for more gear options as surface, elevation, wind, and strain from the longer rides determine I need changes. For a hybrid that would take over much of the duties of my gravel bike, which only spends about 10% of its time on actual gravel, I would want 2x. A nice 32/46 crank with 11/34 or 11/36 cassette.