If you took that exact table design and implemented it using flexbox (or even floats), the performance of the site would increase. Tables require two (sometime

If you took that exact table design and implemented it using flexbox (or even floats), the performance of the site would increase. Tables require two (sometimes more) separate reflows. Minor changes in one cell can potentially force the entire table (and all its contents) to re-render. I also don't miss the days of slicing up images into tables for the performance and load-time gains either.