But also hasn't it always been argued by Photoshop people that "Gimp isn't good enough" compared to Photoshop since the dawn of this debates origin? I feel like I've always heard this.

Look, use whatever tool you want, but stop pretending like you get to decide if others get to recommend tools or not.

I would personally prefer to just use Gimp, but I'm not really a graphic designer by any means, which also makes justifying the costs of Photoshop for me silly.

Sidenote: Aren't there other pieces of software that match more things that Photoshop is better at than GIMP? I have heard praises for Krita, but I assume it depends on use case.