> Inkscape is still basically unusable with extreme lag.

?? I use Inkscape every day on macOS and it runs just fine, equivalent to on Windows/Linux. It was pretty bad a few years back but has caught up.

Same here.. I don't use it often, but it is fairly quick on my M2. It did have some mouse focus issues, you have to click around a bit more but that's okay-ish.

With anything remotely complicated I get lag on any clicks. Like 2s between a click and seeing anything get selected. Panning is unusable.

You can try Inkscape on Windows! It's the most crashy software I've used. It's crazy because I use Houdini and Blender, both far more complicated apps than Inkscape and they crash less.

(Houdini is the second-most crashy app I've seen, and it's nothing compared to Inkscape at least on Windows.)

I'm going to hold on my Affinity as long as I can and try to integrate as much of my workflow to Inkscape as possible (even if UI feels like CorelDraw). Also keeping eye on: https://graphite.rs/

Well, if Apple did something about it... We would at least have some half-assed thing that would look good in commercials.

Pixelmator somewhat fits that (minus the half-assed part). Pixelmator is, at least for now, pay once. And given Apple's size I don't see them trying to squeeze customers for Pixelmator subscriptions. It definitely isn't a full vector program at the level of Illustrator/Affinity. But for a lot of people it probably has powerful enough vector editing.

I see that there is Pixelmator ($50) and Photomator ($120), both from Apple.

Any idea what the difference is? The cheaper one looks more capable.

Pixelmator = Photoshop

Photomator = Lightroom, but without the library management