I canceled Lightroom and tried Darktable—these 4 features won me over

Canceling a Lightroom subscription feels easy until you actually have to find something else. Most alternatives either act too much like Adobe Lightroom closely enough to feel like they are a copy, or they’re so different that they’re too much to take in at once. Darktable can feel overwhelming, and I won’t pretend the first few hours were smooth. What kept me going was noticing that the things it does differently are important.