only to people that never used Access. I used it to catalog user research, manage a roadmap, keep track of house maintenance...

you're being pedantic for no reason, what's the use case for a database? Infinite. The problem with a DB is that you need to code to build a crud app, while a visual builder enables non technical people (or technical people in a hurry) to build a good-enough app to do just the job they need to do.