That's a terrible analogy for the differences between Photoshop and Gimp.

For one thing Photoshop is a transferrable skill. Gimp will get you laughed out the door of most photo studios and design agencies.

For another - too many FOSS people just do not understand that tinkering with tools is not the point for most users.

If you like tinkering with tools, go tinker with tools. Most people have work to do, and tinkering with tools is not something they want to be distracted by.

Photoshop is far from being my favourite product, and Adobe are very far from being my favourite company. In fact I - and millions of other users - would be delighted if we could save $$$$ a year with a free alternative.

Which applies in the general case. If FOSS was a realistic and workable alternative, it would storm the market and most people would be using it.

But it isn't. Most FOSS applications are aimed at self-selecting technical users, and there's very limited interest in making tools for non-technical users.

In fact IMO FOSS culture lacks the mindset and skills - and very possibly the empathy - to understand what general users want from their tools.

It's been a success for developers who want to make technical tools for other developers. And also for infrastructure. Not to take anything from that, because that's both significant and true.

But for popular non-expert applications? Simply - no.