adobe has also always been not only a resource hog, but they’ve unnecessarily entangled vital components to their software deep within everyone’s systems 

 Yeah, one of the most annoying things ! 

 it seriously is. the only way to properly remove adobe files is to do a complete wipe down

https://i.imgur.com/rEIUJ0k.gif 

 Is there a good alternative to use y'all recommend?  

 so far affinity has come the closest that I’ve found. though sadly nothing really compares to adobe as an industry standard 

 Thanks I'll take a look