Horses for courses really either you will get a feeling and gel with a piece of software or you wont. Sometimes it can be at a cost Like Robynsveil discovered. Suppose why its always good to have a demo version or free for 30 days type thing. Wish I had a dollar for all the software I've tried out and removed lol. And then there are changes Like Miss B said, I hated Blender in its earlier incantations, thought it was a total piece of (insert expletive). But many years later gave it another go and love it like an addiction. And the transition to 2.8 has been way easier than I thought it would be. And their will always be people who will find a reason to not like something simply because of my first sentence here.

Incantrix