There’s something philosophical in this sentence 
If you’re thinking about a workaround, there’s a workaround.
That’s not as good as if the gradient on text was working (control to apply gradient is less easy) but it does the job.
Just add a layer style with a gradient overlay, and you’ll have a text with gradient.
You might have to play with the scale property to let the gradient fit the text as you need
Grum999