I think @Kashir2000makes some good points.
I am no longer a paying member and am moving away from thirtybees to Prestashop 8.2.
I'm about half-way through the migration and I can tell that Prestashop is much less responsive and I am already annoyed by it. I would prefer to stay with thirtybees but the lack of modules for thirtybees (and PS 1.6 modules no longer being supported) is what drove me away. I can find the modules I need for PS 8.
Of course, I could have the modules I need developed. I did that, in part. However, the only decent developer I found for thirtybees was datakick. He is just one person and mostly too busy to help in a reasonable amount of time with what I needed. I understand and don't have any hard feelings. It is how it is.
I would love to stick with thirtybees. I want it to succeed. But, for me, unfortunately, it is a platform for people like @wakabayashiwho are developers and not for people like me.