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You're new here, huh? Well, you might want to try to blend in a little before you start condeming Lightroom and the other applications the industry needs. It would also be useful to know a little something about just how Adobe goes about getting feedback and input from users. They bend over backwards trying to get the right sort of feedback and input. But just pointing to some other product and saying "do this" ain't gonna fly bud. It's lazy if nothing else and doesn't tell Adobe ANYTHING it doesn't already know.
The primary reason they really DON'T want to look to steal other stuff is they can't afford to. It's not so much a "not invented here" sort of thing...more like they have to be VERY CAREFUL about how Adobe engineers go about doing research. Otherwise they leave Adobe wide open for lawsuits...
And truth be told, these guys are creatives, just like a lot of us here. They really don't want to just copy somebody else's work. That ain't their job...and as for video pushing photo. . .yeah, well, we'll see. It's two entirely different mindsets. And Adobe has a pretty good foot in the door with After Effects and Premier Pro-just returned to the Mac after a few years of being Win only.
Nope, I think you're just gonna have to be stuck with primarily Adobe for the long haul, so you may as well learn how to influence them–unless all you want to do is snipe from the sidelines.