I prefer Apple for what I feel to be many similar reasons. Since iOS 12 proved old device users still matter to them, I’m less down on them in these regards. I think it’s important not to let irrationally angry users cloud what I find to be legitimate and vital arguments against the loss of liberty in commercial software. That a business model is secure is no less irrelevant IMO than price-value propositions, particularly in the case of software where constraints are fundamentally negotiable to a degree perhaps greater than in any other sector: a secure, but more modest, business model I am sure could be proven at least as sustainable which satisfies basic libertine stipulations I mentioned above. It would be more work. It would slow them down. As you noted, the hot-bed of an industry leader can premiere efficiencies and features others cannot and this is why arguing for their bearing the standard for user empowerment is IMO inescapable if we know what’s good for us.
The reason I’m piping up about this on iOS’ Photoshop debut is that this represents likely their best opportunity to return the dignity of ownership to users. Such a modest launch feature-set surely could have succeeded commercially (their earlier hobbled bite-size apps were just that, which I consider different in kind now that iPad OS & iOS 13 are here); subsequent releases would sequester cloud integration into optional means to be subscription for those wanting that, without locking paid users out of their “licensed” software “copies” (again, today’s examples of logged-in, paying users’ inability to create new documents… shaking head ).
Alternatives like Affinity go a long way for a lot of users/use-cases, but don’t benefit from the vast troves of hegemonic institutionalized intertia in the space both technically and politically amongst corporate/deployment decision-makers. Even Adobe’s own backward/cross-compatibility is a patchwork hellscape; 3rd parties can’t ever hope to avoid drop-stitches beyond their control. Free but not open-source alternatives generally are stuffed with privacy trojans and stunted IAP shenanigans.