Photoshop vectors in relation to Illustrator

 

Maybe I'm confusing the questions, the responses, or my own experiences.

 

By @gregp53347583

It might help if you lead the discussion with examples.

Illustrator has Gradient Mesh and Blends.

What @D Fosse has already said.

Otherwise, vectors in Photoshop are just as good as vectors in pure vector programmes.

Another difference is that the editing of vectors in Photoshop is much more limited. For example, there are fewer ‘path calculation modes’. Conclusion: You can work with vectors in PS without any problems, but overall it is simply more complicated and much less is possible.

The problem with vector in Photoshop is that everything will ultimately be output as pixel data.

There are a very few loopholes, one is "export paths to Illustrator". That will open the raw paths in Illustrator (but no strokes or fills).

In some cases it's also possible to export a PDF and retain vector data. But generally, vector tools in Photoshop exist as aids for making selections and masks. That's their purpose; they're not intended for final output.

Export to SVG was removed from Photoshop (rightly so IMO) for basically that reason. Paths would export as pixels, while people mistakenly thought they got vector paths. Shapes and text remained vector, but again, no strokes or fills. Stroke and fill in Photoshop are always pixels, no exception.

If you do manage to get vector data out of Photoshop, they're obviously as good as any other vector data. The problem is getting it out.