I love the Darktable user interface and feature set, but for my camera, the default import profile for RAW images is way off, resulting in bland, flat images lacking colour depth and needing extensive tweaking to look presentable.
The same images look great after importing into Lightroom and require very little post-processing.
I would love to drop my $expensive Adobe subscription, but this is the one issue that prevents me from doing so.
It varies per camera model. With the latest version, you can at least turn off the default application of the base_curve, which IMHO is quite horrible in that it consistently blows out highlights. I default to using filmic now. Also, you can develop some default styles and presets to speed up initial processing.
Did you try the new version? File a bug report with an example raw file, if you haven't already. Which camera is that?
Obviously, if it's just a matter of applying the same adjustments to all imported images, that's very easy to do either while importing or after the fact.
The same images look great after importing into Lightroom and require very little post-processing.
I would love to drop my $expensive Adobe subscription, but this is the one issue that prevents me from doing so.