I really like this layout, it's easy to read

The Affinity Suite is so worth it. Pay a single time and get all the apps on all major OSes instead of the stupid subscription bullshit Adobe tries to lock you into.

I've never used Photoshop but I have used Photopea and people tell me it's exactly the same: https://www.photopea.com/

I don't know what those two letters mean. I wish they had written out the name. I've avoided buying Adobe stuff because it's stupidly expensive, but I'm still aware that in some industries, some of these have been industry standards at one point or another. Being able to tell wtf their names are, or even what they do would be helpful.

What's the Audacity/Tenacity deal?

Sorry, there just are no alternatives to Photoshop, with Affinity Photo being the closest replacement nowadays, to the classical PS functions. Affinity Designer feels the same for Illustrator.

Affinity Photo is an excellent Photoshop alternative. I switched a while ago and have used it for all of my major projects since.

See, my problem with these types of resources is if you have to list more than one thing per thing the landscape may not be there for a full replacement.

That's not a hard rule, I do think some of these are a better first choice, or a better-for-some applications first choice. I'm just often frustrated by the way these things are communicated.

I have no idea what any of those things really does and it's way too much to learn given how much GIMP and Krita do

Why isn't Okular on the list? Way better PDF reader than Acrobat.

Maybe it’s to only spy on Sony. They love pirating Adobe products; and hate when others pirate their stuff.