Apple support of RAW files and photography more generally

I think the demise of Aperture signaled something I've ignored too long...that Apple's intentions wrt supporting photography is modest and mostly focused on iPhone based imaging. Although the RAW support file listing in current version in Ventura seems impressive, it's at least 5 months behind the industry (i.e. Sony alpha ILCE-7RM5) production lines. As convenient as it would be to load my Sony ARW files into the Photos app, I'm grudgingly coming to accept the general impression captured here in these fora, that Apple, if it chooses to support current models at all any more, will do so when it is d*** good and ready.

Until then, sorting and processing of RAW files will need to occur either in vendors' (usually weak, i.e. Sony Imaging Edge) proprietary software or software purpose built for the task like Lightroom/Bridge/Photoshop, DXO, Affinity, etc. The reference in the below tagging menu "What topic is this related to ?" to "iPhotos for Mac" underscores the problem. I can't recall the last time I saw an "iPhotos" app, except on my old G3 WallStreet.

On the brighter side, Adobe's most recently released noise reduction tool (and probably DXO's), driven by "AI" (barf), does seem very powerful with results that have me scouring my drives for all high_ISO shots for reprocessing. Wouldn't have noticed that if I was savoring updated Apple support for my new Sony A7rV.