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Can Affinity replace Adobe?

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The Adobe Suite was the go-to in school for design and it's the most common set of design software used professionally (at least in the architecture world). Now the Adobe Creative Cloud is monthly subscription at a rate of $69.99 CAD or $25.99 CAD (which still adds up to be quite a lot). As someone who needs InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Premier Pro semi-regularly - and is no longer a student - I wanted to find a cheaper alternative. Serif's Affinity suite has three apps, but as a one-time purchase of $69.99 CAD: Affinity Designer is the equivalent of Illustrator - launched in 2014. Affinity Photo is the equivalent of Photoshop - launched in 2015. Affinity Publisher is the equivalent of InDesign - launched in 2019. Furthermore, I think that one of the key differences that Serif emphasizes is the "personas," which is the ability to switch between Designer, Photo, and Publisher without having to open each of them up.  So far, I've only tried Publisher because...