> I don't use it and have no plans using it. I'm certain I'm not alone.

Too easy to refute. Treating "Excel" as actually "spreadsheet processing," the software has been so consistently and hugely popular that everything from early PDAs [0] to Google Sheets / iCloud Numbers has supported it. Every type of personal computing device has it, from graphic calculators [1] to laptops to tablets to PDAs to many cell phones.

> I suspect most of the Excel users use it like CVS editor.

Like some classes of addictive chemical compounds, you may start with this but quickly find it is the gateway to other habits.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_95LX

[1] https://education.ti.com/en/software/details/en/139B977E62CB...