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Consumers/the free market told Adobe to fuck off, but Adobe ignored them and forced their way in by buying the competition. This is something they've consistent
by bogwog 4y ago
Consumers/the free market told Adobe to fuck off, but Adobe ignored them and forced their way in by buying the competition. This is something they've consistently done throughout their history, and it doesn't seem like there's anything consumers can do about it.
/end-lossely-related-rant
- Vt71fcAqt7 4y agoCan you give some examples? I'm thinking of flash, but that was bound to die anyway.
- lynndotpy 4y agoFigma is the most recent. Behance and Frame.io are some other high-profile Adobe acquisitions. FWIW, Flash is still very widely used in the 2D animation industry, as Adobe Animate.
- bogwog 4y agoFreeHand is probably the most high profile, if not well known nowadays, since it led to a lawsuit brought by pissed off ex-FreeHand customers (which ultimately ended in a shitty settlement). There's also a full list of their acquisitions here, which might be fun to scroll through: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_acquisitions_by_Adobe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_acquisitions_by_Adobe