Ditched Lightroom for... the built-in Photos app on mac

Hoping this helps someone else, but I had been searching for a Lightroom alternative for a while. I'm a hobbyist, shooting on and off seriously since 2002 and used a perpetual Lightroom 5.3 license all the way until 2023 when it stopped being supported on my computer. I couldn't justify the ongoing cost of a subscription.

I tried Darktable, Capture One, ON1, Affinity, a few more but they all fell short. I ended up just using the built-in photos app for mac. Super quick culling/rating/cropping and slight editing. I'm a sports/nature photographer so I'm shooting in JPG and have a couple thousand shots per shoot. If I was still shooting in RAW and doing lots of edits this wouldn't work but I was surprised at how capable the built-in Photos app was for my needs. Good keyboard shortcuts, super fast on my Macbook Air, easy import/export/album management and all local files.

I still miss Lightroom. Fuck corporate greed. I'd happily pay another $100-200 for the same Lightroom Classic I had, just with modern hardware support.