My mother taught me to bake when I was just a child. She had an old springform pan. It was warped and tinny and leaked. She rarely used it.  The new generation of pans are different. They don't leak, they don't stick, and with a tempered glass base, you can cut your dessert right in the pan.
Instead of being relegated to cheesecakes, you can bake cakes, pies, desserts, cornbread, even casseroles--almost anything that will fit.
That's because the new silicone pans don't leak. The silicone forms a gasket on the top and bottom of the base. You can bake batters in the pans--cakes, cornbread, and dessert. That's a game changer!