I just gave it another whirl, maybe first time in 10 years. It's still as shocking, UX wise.

I hate Photoshop, I use it very often. It's bloated since before CS1, it's annoying to use, it's DRM rooted with a service running 24/7 on my machine, and it's also very costly.

Sadly, there is literally no option nearly as good. Adobe got me by the balls.