@avi @maple Most of the reason people still use it is because they don't know of anything better (such as the loveliness that is Krita) and are too scared to pirate photoshop. Unfortunately, along with OpenOffice (which, for those unaware, hasn't really been properly supported in *years*), it's most people's only experience with free software (except *maaaaybe* firefox, if you're lucky), and so all free software gets this really bad rap.
As for why FOSS bros promote it...GNU cultists gonna cult?