Paris 2024 was the 4th Games (Sommer+Winter) where i did not care about the medal table. And enjoyed the Games and sport very much. (well Eurosport, Max, DiscoverPlus (branding may vary by region) has destroyed it for me by showing the medal table at pauses in the broadcast.)
It weird concept to me, summing medals from team and individual sports, sports with a lot of same-but-little-different events or lot of different weight classes etc.
Yeah, a lot of people don't care about sport, games, about the athletes, about the competition, but just care about a number in a table. There is a plenty of statistic on the world ranking countries - why not interested about that?