[juusto]

I wonder how much would Adobe benefit from porting its suite to Linux for example. Do a Steam move and pick a fave distro, use some translation layer and bam. I vote for the unholy matrimony of Adobe+Steam to break the stronghold of MS+Apple.

That is pretty much the chicken and egg problem of Linux in regards to Apps and Games.

[marcodiego]

Many years I asked a very wise person: "what would happen if adobe port photoshop to Linux?"

The answer was "nothing". I asked why; the answers was: "no Photoshop user will migrate for Linux because of it, no gimp user will migrate to Photoshop".

Also, I've read in HN once: that are more people using Linux on the desktop than there are Photoshop users. People overestimate photoshop as a killer app.

[snapetom]

That would require the Year of Linux on the Desktop first :)

[atonse]

Hey haven’t you heard, it’s just around the corner!

[dialup_sounds]

Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, we may soon see the first images of that corner.

[layer8]

> I vote for the unholy matrimony of Adobe+Steam to break the stronghold of MS+Apple.

It’s hard to feel sympathetic towards Adobe with their expensive subscription model.

[dmix]

I get why subscriptions are a thing but it's insane how much Lightroom costs if you're just a casual photographer. Especially the blatant push for yearly commitments and hoop jumping to cancel the trial.

I guess Adobe only wants professionals and very serious amateurs to use their products these days.

[cj]

> I guess Adobe only wants professionals and very serious amateurs to use their products these days.

To be fair, OS-native (and free 3rd party) apps are very good for the average amateur photographer, unlike 15 years ago. I think the market size of that segment has shrunk as a result.

[FireBeyond]

> but it's insane how much Lightroom costs if you're just a casual photographer

I'm not overly a fan of subscription software, but $9.99/mo for Photoshop and Lightroom is 1 1/2 coffees a month. If you're enough of a photographer that you lay out probably $700+ on a camera rather than your iPhone, then...