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> but did Figma even need to sell in the first place? My two cents would be no considering they already surpassed and put both Sketch and InVision out of busin
by burningChrome 3y ago
> but did Figma even need to sell in the first place?
My two cents would be no considering they already surpassed and put both Sketch and InVision out of business. They were predictably emboldened to think if they were able to beat out two other competitors, and more and more enterprise companies are moving to their product, taking on Adobe or even sharing the lions share of the market with them wouldn't be that bad.
The fact the only remaining real competitor went all in and attempted to buy them was a clear signal Adobe saw them as a threat and were willing to clear out their bank vault to acquire them. Figma rightly played their hand perfectly and not only shut down the offer, but now have a clear path to being the sole software provider in a rapidly dwindling market.
My anecdotal evidence would be if you go on LinkedIn or any other job board and start looking at the job descriptions for UI/UX designers, none of them list Sketch, InVision or Adobe XD. Its 100% Figma now. At my current company, everything has been moved to Figma and we've even had several enterprise tools that we're using that integrate with Figma.