Most of the areas or things the PS alternatives can't do, are things PS should never have done, like 3d and animation. Krita even has an AI plugin that is great. I'm a pro, and PS has tons of tools I've never needed or wanted.
Hi, you make all excellent points. However they do sound more like comments from 2002, not 2024. With the complete takeover of the web, digital media, and digital photography, just where do you imagine all this cmyk stuff is still happening? Save for the last vestiges of print, it isn't. Most work today goes from rgb, to rgb, and then to rgb. Maybe throw in sRGB as well. So cmyk, nice to have, but not needed for most pro work today. FWIW, 40 years pro work at top NYC ad agencies and pub houses.