Opinion: I think even the ability to export just the HTML and CSS (or whatever version of stylesheet they use) would be sufficient.
In a perfect world with Editor X, exporting all would be the case. But in this world, I’m unsure how much PMs and corporate would be willing to support exporting velo code(their version of JavaScript essentially).
I think there’s something about that freedom of being able to switch easily at any time that they want to stay away from with Editor X (at least for now), but being able to use Adobe products as well as other external tools to improve the site is so important, that unless there is built-in integration for all of them, exports are still the fastest, and best way.
Moreover, designers are doing backend things more than ever before, which should be a plus for editor X, but may really be a negative right now…because people can build mockups quickly here and then do them elsewhere, so why would they subscribe to the locked in platform (no matter how good it may be)? Businesses with websites want to ensure their asset is secure, so that even if they get taken down, they won’t lose however much money they’ve invested into it.
At the end of the day, if this is something that they truly want to offer in some way, figuring out how everything works with hundreds of apps and third-party code is probably a big headache (maybe even a headache for a rich company). When this will get addressed we don’t know. Then again, the only way we know if something is getting worked on is if they tell us.
Hopefully soon. Thanks for reading.