Having just installed the Affinity Photo trial, I opened a PSD and proceeded to attempt to edit a smart object for a mock-up I'm working with.
What should have been a smart object, was rasterised.
The absence of smart object editing effectively makes Affinity Photo unusable for me.
Affinity Photo isn't a complete alternative to Photoshop CC. As a professional, I can't be expected to switch to Affinity from Adobe.
Smart objects are intrinsic to the modern work-flow.
I've read similar threads pointing out that Affinity Photo can achieve the functionality of smart objects and that the concept of smart objects is just an Adobe paradigm. This means very little when I'm required to edit existing smart objects in PSDs.
It's unfortunate. A competitor to the overpriced Adobe CC is much needed.