On the photoshop/illustrator front I've been really happy with Affinity Photo and Designer, they are good enough that I haven't really missed any functionality, they certainly feel more stable (looking at you illustrator) and they are way cheaper.

I wish they would make something that could replace Adobe XD, because adobe XD is terribly slow in adding features and there is a lot of room for improvement there.

At first I thought XD was great, but as the app I've been designing has grown in size I keep encountering more and more warts.