Correct documentation wording on trace propagation

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This PR clarifies the wording around tracing in the Dart, Android, iOS/Apple, and React Native documentation.

The previous text implied that "enabling tracing" was a prerequisite for trace propagation (connecting services), which is not entirely accurate. Trace propagation works automatically. "Enabling tracing" specifically refers to enabling performance monitoring.

The changes clarify that:

• "Enabling tracing" is for monitoring the performance of interactions.
• Sentry automatically connects errors to other services via distributed tracing.
• A link to the distributed tracing concept page has been added for more context.

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