This was always labelled as experimental and this is basically a feature of google sheets now [1]. To me this feels more like a graduation than a failure.

[1] https://support.google.com/docs/answer/14239833?hl=en

at this point, it is extremely hazardous to use any google project other than those having billions of users (just to be safe)....

They had an air table rival?

Imagine the utopia we would have had if microsoft had kept investing in Access.