One other thing in defense of spreadsheets is that they are a tremendous introduction to data manipulation and management for people who don’t think of themselv

One other thing in defense of spreadsheets is that they are a tremendous introduction to data manipulation and management for people who don’t think of themselves as being ‘programmers’. Purpose built SaaS apps pre-solve problems, and that can be great, but spreadsheets allow users to become owners and there is a lot of growing that can start from that place.