Same. I was a Vegas guy through the late 90s/early 00s, and then got out of the area for a few years. When returning I really just wanted Vegas like from before and tried all kinds of stuff. It was very surprising to me how hard it was to find! Kdenlive is really, really great and is super intuitive to me.
When I was looking into it I was discussing with someone how Sony's refusal to meet the market led to Vegas being the top 5 most pirated software. I learned that Sony sold it to Magix during a big selloff, who apparently thrived by simply switching to a realistic pricing model and resuming maintenance.
