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I wonder how much of handedness is really "real". I'm sure there's a bit of a preference there, but a lot of it might be also training.
For example, I started using my phone in my "off-hand" years ago to keep my "main-hand" free for other stuff. Turns out I do more on my phone than on my free hand, and now I'm much better with my "off-hand" with my phone than with my "main-hand".
It certainly felt real to me growing up. No matter how much teachers would insist that I use scissors right handed, I just couldn't. That being said, with enough training and descipline you can certainly overcome that. As an adult, I can use scissors in either hand but not particularly well.
n=1 of course, but my dad was forced to write right-handed in school (early 60's and an old-school teacher for those days). The result was more punishment as no matter how he tried, he simply couldn't (and still cannot) write very readable with his right hand. So no, I don't think practice is enough to make somebody ambidextrous. Might work for some, but certainly not for everybody.
I always felt like a lot of sites and apps were made to be used left handed anyway. It seems like the controls are often on the left side. Maybe it's just that I primarily used reddit and now lemmy though.