It’s also probably running most transit systems. It’s irrelevant, because it’s a false equivalency. We’re talking about a direct to user plugin format, not a background server system nobody opted into and hardly anyone knows about.
I’m well versed on Linux and what it is and where it is used. We’re talking about a direct to user product format that depends on the user opting in to use it. If Linux didn’t exist, Androids would run on something else and no one would know the difference. In this case, the codebase is Linux, CLAP is Android, and a CLAP plugin is the phone or maybe app.
VST3 is the proper successor to VST2. From what I can see, VST3 can pretty much already do everything CLAP is offering, and in the niche areas it doesn’t… Steinberg can just add that to the VST format and then… There’s no need for CLAP… It’s a waste of time. They are going up against Yamaha resources who can just copy anything CLAP does negating its need.
There’s really no need for more plugin formats, it just makes things more convoluted.