I feel like there's one area where open-source cannot universally replace closed-source: complex products that need to be extremely polished. Some people might

I feel like there's one area where open-source cannot universally replace closed-source: complex products that need to be extremely polished. Some people might be able to swap, but not everyone. An example is the desktop: I've used Linux for over a decade and still do but I recently added an M1 Mac and the hardware+software is just so much better for certain kinds of content creation. Video editing is another. I've tried a dozen video editors and while Shotcut is one of the best open-source ones, it's blown away by Davinci Resolve. Raw photo editing is another area. Open-source has achieved some success here with darktable, and I personally use that, but it certainly can't (easily) replace some closed-source alternatives for everyone, especially in some more commercial photography settings.