I’m done.

Let up know if you find Affinity Photo meets your needs. Affinity Photo seems to have many feature like Photoshop and I have read some its Photoshop like features are implemented better then Adobe implemented their version. Affinity Photo may has useful features Photoshop does not have let us know.  However, I also find useful Photoshop features  do not exist in Affinity Photo.  For example an Automation feature like Photoshop Scripting.  So scripting an Image Processor, Load file into a stack, Fit image, Photometge etc is not possible in Affinity Photo.  You may not use thing like those. However many users here use Photoshop automation. Affinity Photo may not meet their needs.

Adobe Photoshop Elements is "Photoshop like" is cheap and may have better support than Photoshop I would think all of element features will work well Elements is designed for novice users to use. I would think elements would not be released with a long list of known problems.

Adobe had to shut down the activation servers, but at the time they offered a non activation copy and new serial number in trade for the old one. You long missed it. You can try out Elements which you can own outright. Otherwise if Affinity works for you, fine.