Thanks Nik! For sure, the combination of Adobe and Apple’s smug attitudes of “not playing nice with others” is at the heart of this, and waiting for them to “see the light” is a fool’s errand.
I think I understand your position more clearly now and appreciate the conservative approach philosophically. It clearly works if one’s workflow is entirely in Nitro, but that isn’t realistic. I am only a hobbyist and may be somewhat uniformed about the universe of software and users, but my sense is that all other software that I am familiar with DO write metadata into DNGs and other non raw formats. I always assume that is the case with any other software, so it would seem to be a “standard” that users would expect with no fault accruable to Nitro when metadata is embedded in those files. This would eliminate the issue of Raw+Jpeg, which I have no sense of how often that is users by photographers. I seldom use Raw+JPEG, even though my Fujis have some great film simulations. When I DO shoot Raw+Jpeg, I segregate the two formats and edit them separately, which is simple to do, and makes no sense to do otherwise.
As you say, there are always “feature requests”, but this is fundamental to workflow. We all respect your efforts and value the product, so I will keep Nitro on the “shelf” until there is (or I can find) a workflow that is useable for me…..gary