Yeah - it's not about that. GIMP and Inkscape are incapable when it comes to professional graphics work.

Broken tools cost my client money.

The problem is that everyone has their favorite tools, and a barrage of "what about <X>" when you are in no mood to invest the significant time and effort on a standing start for <X> when you've got your existing toolset warmed up already.

> when you are in no mood to invest the significant time and effort on a standing start for <X> when you've got your existing toolset warmed up already

Sure, and on the contrary I've added Procreate on an iPad as my new illustration workflow because it absolutely kills vs. my old Photoshop/Wacom technique.

This isn't a "I'm not willing to try new tools/invest time into learning because I'm comfortable" thing... it's a GIMP/Inkscape are not capable thing.

You have the skill of writing messages. Why not do it with a hammer, chisel and rock?

When you have a dislike of someone's comment but can't quite put your finger on why, why not response with some absurd illogical extreme?