@Salty I gotta admit, it makes me quite angry to think that someone would take the side of the expensive, elitist, platform-restricted tool over the egalitarian, multi-platform, freely available, and easily viable tool set.
The traditional excuse: "this is what industry uses!" just doesn't wash. It's a farcical argument that's pandering to US corporate interests, and shows a lack of equivalence in many other aspects of EdTech where the 'industry tools' aren't available to schools.