Not having proper tables in a spreadsheet app is like a programming language not having arrays. You can get by without them through countless crappy hacks, but

Not having proper tables in a spreadsheet app is like a programming language not having arrays. You can get by without them through countless crappy hacks, but nobody would ever choose a language that couldn't support arrays. IT chooses Google Sheets for whole companies every day even though they aren't sophisticated, or often even daily, users of any of the apps.