So true, and now that it's subscription-only, I only use Adobe when I don't have an employer willing to pay for my subscription. When I'm in a job that's less graphics-oriented or just messing around with personal projects, I use Affinity, even though I prefer Photoshop.
Similar situation. Learned Photoshop in high school for an art class, got really good with it in college because my school gave it to us for extremely cheap. But now I don't have it, it's too expensive to pay for, I'm unwilling to pirate, so I've been getting pretty good with Gimp.
