I'm a very long-term Adobe user. LR/PS is still installed on my computer because I get paid to teach it. For a working professional it's the best option and I tell my students that regularly.

I personally use Capture One. I made the switch back in 2011. We all have different goals. Real high on my list is a raw workflow that is 100% non-destructive and non-linearly re-editable. I get that from Capture One better than I get that from LR -- Capture One's editing tools are superior and allow me to complete an edit without resorting to a raster editor more so than LR. Credit where it's due it was LR that first suggested the possibility to me that I could cut the cord to the raster editor (PS). That's what got me to look at C1 in the first place. There's still an occasional image where I have to use PS, but they're few and far between now.

The image below is an example. It's a C1 exported JPEG and the editing is entirely done in C1. Below is a link to the raw file. You can download it and open it in LR and try using LR to remove the utility poles and wires as I did in C1.(Don't let the green Uni-WB white balance throw you just WB sample from a target in the image).

If you succeed you're a glutton for punishment. Make sure and time your effort. If you're an LR subscriber the task is no big deal just pass the image to PS, do the clone/heal work there and pass it back -- and that's what an LR user is going to do. My problem in doing that is you no longer have a 100% non-destructive raw workflow. In C1 I do.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rsmhq001pugwitt/_DSF0600.RAF?dl=0

Joe

Better, faster results, reliable tethering, the closest you can get to a finished image without using a raster editor. But in a comparison to Photoshop, Photoshop wins hands down. There is NOTHING that can be done to an image that you can't do with Photoshop. Capture One is really good, but has the same limitations that all parametric editors share - imprecise editing/masking, inability to use color channels and color spaces, layer blend modes, custom brushes and blend modes, frequency separation, the list is endless.

Aaaahhhh, Bob. Ya beat me to it, ha. Also I might add the trail of abandoned lenses too.

I've started a list:
1. A "travel" lens that was only used once
2. Dozens of flash modifiers
3. Countless impulse sprees looking for the perfect small camera bag (all were too small)--seems no one makes a medium sized travel bag
4. So many pocket cameras that are great for sunshine but not worth a hoot indoors in dim light--including those "infamous" Sony RX100-xx series
5. A do-all, be-all wide angle to telephoto combo
6. Accessory ditty bags

Please feel free to add to the list