Even an old-school rubber like Nittaku Morristo (not the short pips, but the 15 yr old inverted normal rubber) I can instantly have a great BH with it... and that rubber is simply a medium speed, medium spin, high control rubber. By big BH shots could land a lot with it and be fierce.
I played an old school 7 ply blade a year and got most of my recent improvement using it - Persson Power Play. Got a half level with Stiga Intensity and softer dynamic rubbers.
Some newer stuff too can be great. I grew a level using Kim Jung Hoon and linear rubbers.
I am now using Nexy Batos and expect to grow enough level to enter, then later sustain California 2000 level.
At my level, spin is still a very effective weapon, I use it whenever I can. Even at USATT 2200 level, you do not see counterloop rallies all that much, you don't see a lot of at the table off the bounce counters either... you see a lot of that with a very short active block stroke though, but even 40mm celluloid ball had a lot of that going on at that level. Maybe you see someone go a half step back, wait, and try to rip through a loop, but it usually a poorer quality loop in terms of depth and placement.
Up to elite amateur level, any style can succeed. 99% of us are not elite amateur level, so what is the big deal?
Are we all Ma Long video game hero wanna-be peoples?