[designerarvid]

Yes, this is a spreadsheet-like model with crud. Most software is.

Users don't care whether a product is "just crud" or not. The value comes from what the spreadsheet-like model looks like, and how it and its associated crud operators map onto the real world, helping a real human being to get things done. It's never about "the technology".

Many developers dislike this fact about the world because they are more interested in technology than solving people's problems.

Developing that well-working model and ux takes time and effort. Without an associated business model you cannot spend thousands of man hours to do that. Hence software tend to be for-profit saas, and not open source TUI apps.

Many developers dislike this fact about the world because they wish they could work on technology and not have to care about economic reality.