Gearing discussions always seem to devolve into "I'm so much stronger than you, I don't see why you'd ever need such a low gear" so I'll take the opposite tack. For myself I don't think I ever found 42:11 (roughly the equivalent of 50:13) to be too short on level ground. I still have an old bike with a 22-32-42 crank and an 11-28 cassette. I only spin out on descents but on rare occasions do wish for a gear a bit lower than 22:28 on steep climbs.

On my more modern road bike with a double I have the usual 50-34 chainrings up front and recently put a wide 11-40 cassette on the back. I like that range a lot, but honestly I'm pretty much never in a gear higher than 50:15 on level ground and replacing the crank with a GRX 46-30 would suit me even better.

On my MTB I run a low range 1x - 28T up front and 10-50 in back. This is low enough even for the occasional 30%+ dirt climbs (though 28:10 is short enough that I do sometimes spin out on level pavement heading to/from the trail). Still I'm never giving up the 28T. Just call me the High Priest of Low Gears.