Adobe, Linux Support, and the Linux Foundation.

I’ve reached the point where I’m switching to Linux, with or without Adobe. 

Now, especially after this: https://www.pcmag.com/news/a-hackers-arrest-reveals-microsoft-can-track-users-via-a-windows-device

I can’t continue running a Windows machine just for the sake of having access to Adobe products. If Adobe still refuses to port its software to Linux, I think the most sensible path for all those who don’t use MacOS, are on Windows, care about privacy and still need access to tools like Adobe, is to completely rip the band-aid off and just look for other alternatives. That is what I am about to do, I won’t jeopordise my privacy just because a multi-billion company refuses to entertain the idea of Linux compatibility,

we need Linux support. Hope you guys give us the support. 

Please make this available. Too many of us are tired of M.S. using thier tools to spy on us and truthfuly I can say that by now Windows could most likely be free due to that fact that M.S. gets so much revenue from salling our information through all of the data minning crap. So, please make this available for Linux users. 
Thanks.

@WaywardHam This guy gets it.

@MesumHussain21879351h77v 

You make some valid points about younger generations, but are missing some crucial ones.

The rules and policies of professional business aren't arbitrary and just becuase some young kids are finding success doesn't exclude them from coming to the same conclusions the corporations and professionals come to with how these tools should be used.

As for webkit, yes, they come a long way but are completely useless when it comes to workflows and storage requirements, especially for video.

I think everyone is going to realize sooner or later that the cloud has been and always will be a potential bait/switch where you're suckered in with a sweet deal just to find out you're paying more than you would have manging your data internally. Not just that, but you've lost your privacy, control and potentially your own data to anothe entity all together.

Why should the poeple in your example, who are not using Adobe tools at all, even be part of this conversation.

People who need to use these tools, who are customers, who see the direction Apple and MS are taking with their OS. We want an alternative. That's the ask.

@WaywardHam thanks for your detailed respons. 

I do think you are drastically underestimating the capabilities and openness of people nowadays when it comes to software. One of the reasons Linux is becoming popular nowadays is that people are not clinging to Windows (the traditional OS) and more open towards alternatives. 

Same applies to Adobe. People are very open to alternatives which works cross platform. Especially if they offer a free tier for basic users. That includes a huge number of Youtubers and Social Media Influencers (they don't want to spend money until their account is very popular). Those are the kind of people by the way, who would rather pirate Adobe apps if they don't want to learn a new app which is free (but I think most are open to trying out free alternatives). And replacing Adobe apps is much easier compared to replacing Windows (which is an OS), if people are ditching Windows then just imagine how irrelevant Adobe is becoming nowadays.

You are saying that most new users are taught Adobe by default. Well most users grew up using Chromebooks in their schools and iPads at their homes. They didn't had Adobe to play around with as kids, they already learnt skills like video editing or photo editing on other apps which are available as mobile apps or webapp and run on Chrome OS, iOS and Android. 

And those tools are not bad. With WebAssembly you can literally make webapps as good as native apps, using any language you want. Those webapps are competent enough to rival Adobe head on. 

So seeing the current market, I would say most of the creative people are from the younger generation making content on social media (as opposed to old people working in companies with strict rules on file types). These are the people who grew up using Chromebooks and iPads and open to other alternatives than traditional ones if they offer better value. 

By not taking iPad OS, Chrome OS (Webapps which can run on any OS including Linux) and Android seriously over many years, I think Adobe has already set itself into a place where it will become less relevant over the coming years.

As far as your dismissal of Android Laptop is concerned, we should remember that it's the spiritual successor of Chromebooks. Kids are already well accustomed to Google ecosystem on Chromebooks. I am very positive that it's not gonna fail. Ignoring it would be a big mistake, considering that it's users are going to be the future workforce.

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@MesumHussain21879351h77v 

I've been toying around with Android OS on PC's for over 10 years now.

This has been possible already with their android open source project ( Android-86x project) and other Android-based Linux distro's such as Bliss OS, Prime OS, Remix OS, Lineage OS, Phoenix OS; mostly targetted at old PCs or low-end Intel-based devices that you shouldn't throw away.

Being able to install it allows you to access the Play Store and the Chrome Web Store from any crap Intel-based PC that you're able to get hands on. And with better speed over an Ethernet Modem connection  than whatever those mobile services providers or carriers offer in their monthly Wi-Fi plan.

For most Linux users who experimented with this technologies  in the past, the main issue was that it was made compulsory to sign-in with your Google account credentials of course.

So,  Google started blocking access to such users who wanted to install apps and web browser extensions from the  Chrome Web Store, but more specifically to those users who wanted to go full Incognito using de-Googled Chrome-based web browsers version (typically shipped natively with most if not all modern Linux distros out there, which have no bloatware , no ads intrutions, no activity tracking, 100% anonynimous experience) .

Yet, it was still possible to work around that restriction, legally!!  See for yourself how at GitHub: https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium

Based on your observation,  I would safely assume that that project is now a Go! Which is great.

Thank you for updating this thread with very relevant facts.