Writing

For myself, I use a text editor more than anything else these days. (I've done a great deal of technical writing and most of my deliverables wanted things in Markdown, so it's become a bit of a habit.)

Google docs are fine, as far as they go, though I understand there have been some recent changes to the terms of service where they insist you grant them permission to train their language models on your data. I'm not sure I like that; your mileage may vary.

If you need to convert your docs to other formats, Google docs can be a pain in the keister. Yes, there are add-ons, but then you're at the mercy of the add-on author with regard to the disposition of your data.

I still have CD-ROMs of Office that I use when needed. (I also maintain an Office 365 sub, partly because I use all three OSs and I need the interoperability.)

If you're writing scripts or other industry specific docs, some of the other recommendations will help.