Yeah there's no easy win, Affinity is the closest competitor but it's worth keeping in mind that they're not the anti-adobe, they're not fighting for accessible open software, especially not since they've sold out to Canva.
I am still happy with my purchase and I think it's a good deal tho esp on a sale, just worth the consideration.
I'd add that they often have steep sales, and Black Friday is coming, but also while affinity is an underdog their formats are just as closed source if not more so than Adobe
They did release it but the latest iteration that's on steam deck is still steam deck only, or shared via community projects like the one you mentioned
Let them focus on the streaming sites that are a dime a dozen than go for the main sites
They can state all they want, if their clients don't pay for it they'd sell their firstborn son to get the numbers back up
But not the options in them. Look at the first screenshot, the options available and their position on screen are identical to a T, "add to favourites", "download", more options next to the album art, followed by a play and shuffle button, followed by the playlist, followed by 3 tabs, a home, search/explore, and my music tab. This isn't just "card with heading and options next to it" close
Edit: and no, it's very much the visual style that differentiates material design from everything else lol, like it has components available on material.io sure but they're just basic components, cards, buttons, etc. not full screens.
Idk the layout and available options in the first few screens are way too close, this isn't just stylistic similarity
Then pay for a streaming service or buy Blu-rays. You're paying either way, the methods above are just paying with your time
Sadly as many times as needed, complacency is how these companies get "loyal customers" who are willing to put up with bs
Watch Amazon sue them or something lmao
They've only enabled it on a few servers but you can force enable it via vencord plugins
Until Open AI announces a new 5t model or something and then the hype refreshes