If everyone has to use the same level of indentation (as with spaces), then everyone can adhere to the same width limit, and every source file in your codebase

If everyone has to use the same level of indentation (as with spaces), then everyone can adhere to the same width limit, and every source file in your codebase will fit in the same sized window. If some programmer sets their tab width to two spaces and then writes code that fits in 80 characters on their screen, it might not fit in some other programmer's screen. From a philosophical perspective, tabs just aren't necessary. You need spaces in your source code in places besides indentation, but you don't need tabs. It's simpler to only have a single type of whitespace character.