Let me contribute also, we are definitely on the trend and it's already where we as the client, both the receiving user and as the supporting patreon felt this:
that is, the rewards from the blurring boundary between different platforms.
Because platforms are, yes, ultimately an intrusion when accessing different use cases.
For our beloved company Serif, especially to all the hard working people who monitor these strategy decision and what can unavoidably inflicts danger or costs:
You'd need to actively monitor these type of things, I don't have any other examples straight from my head except just this one, Linux platform.
Or you should off load this task to someone who will do an evaluation maybe every 8 month or so for you.
Microsoft is one company that, I personally included, probably wouldn't think of as enabling and allowing continuously opening up to these kind of thing.
But they are.
And the thing with these opening up use cases and opportunities in the tech market is that
once anyone of the entities done it, all the rest competition would lost their advantage on what been held back.
So I believe people are moving away from Adobe because when they finally realised the subscription costs. (mind that, we wouldn't mind supporting Serif, but subs work best on voluntary bases I believe.)
I wholeheartedly believe this is what Serif practice. And I have no doubt about it.
That's the reason I recommend keeping this trend in monitoring. Because Microsoft enabling Linux as a sub system WSL, and very anecdotally I found myself wanting to boot into my fedora instead of my windows box on my laptop - while Microsoft has not too much objection to open source circles but rather has been known for trusting projects to these open source skilled assets. Lightworks for old Hollywood production is on Linux, Blackmagic Design's DaVinci Resolve also and Krita was recently ported to Android but not yet IPadOS and actually made me hesitate on what to stay on.
It's giving me some sort of a hunch mostly with Microsoft though, that this is going somewhere. And like when these things happens (like what you done to me as to you to Adobe to me ) - it's going to make the lesser solutions, many times I think the solution who seek to lock-in clients, not by voluntary basis - it basically make them obsolete.
Lock me in, Serif, which you already did, and steal my heart - you have my full consent :D
On Linux or not, I actually wouldn't know if it's any important yet, but yes, I do recommend keeping this in monitoring.
