And Google sheets let’s you use JavaScript (alright google script, but the fuck is the difference?), if you’re a hobbyist you won’t hit your limit.

If you’re living in Calc/Sheets, then I can see some money saved by switching and rewriting to Python

Microsoft has also swapped to a subscription based licencing for Office, which used to be a lifetime one time fee.

So when people get new products and can’t find their licencing key, and realise office now costs as much per year as it used to cost for a lifetime. Yeah people look elsewhere