Just tried the 7 day free trial of Photoshop and deleted it like 10 minutes later because it was so awful. Here are some highlights:
- AI, so much AI.
- Advertising, so much advertising.
- Why yes we steal your data.
- $40 a month for the cheapest option.
- "If you cancel your subscription you will no longer be able to use Photoshop. No, there is no way to own the product outright.
- Why yes we will include a bunch of programs and cloud services that you don’t want and will never use. No, there is no plan that is just Photoshop.
- Sign in to your Adobe account to uninstall.


Yeah it can really double or triple (or more) the time you spend on a workflow because it’s not great. Not a fan of how hard it is to do something like select in motion hair (including strays) and change the color of it in gimp. PS is really in another league for intermediate or advanced image editing and manipulation.