I've taken up photography as a hobby (quite some time now) and Affinity is sure worth its price. Surprisingly, there is even an open source app (RawTherapee) which beats Lightroom with no sweat. I still don't have a solution for organizing photos, but I think I'm going to settle on ACDSee, which seems pretty well geared towards my needs. So while the desktop doesn't feel as vibrant as it used to, there is still quite a bunch of players in this field who keep up the good work.

I'm not going to buy any subscriptions. And luckily I don't need to, since the classic funding model in this space still brings better apps.