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As someone who enjoyed using Figma, this is an excellent news. However, I am afraid they will sell to someone else. Namely, Microsoft.
by lvl102 3y ago
As someone who enjoyed using Figma, this is an excellent news.
However, I am afraid they will sell to someone else. Namely, Microsoft.
- airstrike 3y agoThat's still a better long term outcome than selling to Adobe
- lvl102 3y agoAgree 100%. Microsoft would actually make the product a lot better and add useful AI elements to it. I just don’t trust Adobe.
- sensanaty 3y agoDepressing to see people trusting M$ over literally anything else...
- Solvency 3y agoWhat other beloved product has MS acquired and made a lot better?
- airstrike 3y agoGitHub? But that's not the point. The point is the value of not having Figma sell to its largest competitor.
- macspoofing 3y ago>The point is the value of not having Figma sell to its largest competitor. Adobe does not compete with Microsoft in any meaningful way. There is some overlap in some products here or there, but it's not meaningful competition.
- airstrike 3y agoI'm not saying Adobe competes with Microsoft. Adobe competes with Figma. The fact that Microsoft doesn't compete with Figma is precisely why it's ok for the former to acquire the latter.
- meowtimemania 3y agoMicrosoft seems to be pretty hands off when it comes to acquisitions. Github/LinkedIn were both a acquired and each have grown a lot since the acquisition.
- macspoofing 3y agoI disagree. If I was Figma, and I had to choose, I would go with Adobe. Adobe would have made Figma a core strategic product and would have made them much more relevant in a space that they deeply care about. Microsoft would never care that much about Figma, because the design/UX space isn't core to Microsoft. Also, Figma is too small for Microsoft to make it a centrepiece of any of their strategic initiatives.
- vickychijwani 3y agoInteresting thought - why do you say Microsoft?
- cartermatic 3y agoIt's rumored Dylan Field (CEO of Figma) approached Microsoft [1] around the same time they were talking to Adobe but Microsoft declined to make a deal at the time (seemingly due to Microsoft's then in-process $69billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard). [1]: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/11/microsoft-looked-at-figma-but-didnt-put-in-an-offer-ahead-adobe-deal.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/11/microsoft-looked-at-figma-bu...