You don't loathe tar files due to a deficiency in the tar format. You loathe tar files because your operating system vendor doesn't build in support for one of the most widely used archive formats in the world. Complain to Microsoft, not to people who use tar.
Tar might've been designed for use with tape, but no part of its design makes the HDD/SSD use-case worse just to work better with tape.
Tar might've been designed for use with tape, but no part of its design makes the HDD/SSD use-case worse just to work better with tape.