Thank you for the detailed reply. I am not too bothered with PS and the rest working natively or with gpu acc (I don't do advanced work) but I'll save this for later
I do use krita / gimp on my laptop for quick edits. I'm not a professional by any means, the time sunk into learning these in depth isn't really worth it for me.
Iโm afraid there is no quick way to get an honest recommendation. I usually resort to YouTube and spend 2-3 days watching some related content. It sorta filters itself out, there will be a creator or few that you vibe with, and you trust their choice.
Happened to me with audio gear (I trusted crinacle, for example.)
Plus Google doing all they can to make rooting harder. Beginning to think it isn't worth it anymore. I definitely need it now to get rid of the horrid MIUI skin, but for my next phone I might just go for one with a stockish skin and keep it as is.
Thank you for the detailed reply. I am not too bothered with PS and the rest working natively or with gpu acc (I don't do advanced work) but I'll save this for later