A lot of problems arise because Adobe bit off more than it could chew. In the early days of the 21st century, Adobe had positioned itself as "Sofware for everyone! Just come with us! We will will show you what to do!"
They couldn't follow through on their promise. They had some very OLD software. They had not kept up with the times. They kept modifying old software when they should have been writing new software that kept up with new requirements, new operating systems, new file types, and new hardware. So now, Adobe finds itself between a rock and a hard place. Do they keep doing what they did in the '90's, or do they try to play catch-up with the rest of the world?
They chose catch-up.
Now Adobe is burdened with terribly old core code, a reputation that says, "Adobe is the gold standard", and trying very hard to meet the demands of today's users.
It is NOT a happy place to be.
They are doing their best, but the Adobe Marketing Department keeps saying. "We need this feature to keep current! We ned that feature!"
And so the software writers have to balance the Marketing Department's demands against user demands. They are only human, and they sometimes fail.
There will be inevitable bugs. There will be things that are now broken that were not broken before. There will be things that just do not work, because Adobe now relies on its day-to-day users to be Beta Testers.
It is not a pretty situation. Do I think Adobe will rise above the vey deep hole i has dug for itself? I don't know. I keep waiting for something better than After Effects or Premiere Pro or Photoshop or Illustrator to arise from another software developer. So far, it has not yet happened.
So I think Adobe is living on borrowed time. Its creative applications may survive. I am not certain that they will.
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