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It also has no curvature tool, which is a huge deal breaker for many vector artists. I have been making a stink about this online across many platforms for years but the team has shown no intention to adopt it.

A free option for tracing is:

https://www.visioncortex.org/vtracer/

I just use Inkscape for tracing and then export to SVG. I can't use Inkscape for anything else but it does provide that function.

Lack of scripting automation and a blend tool are my only real disappointments with the product. These aren't enough to make me switch back to Adobe mind you, but they're relatively glaring omissions I think.