Comment on Adobe abandons $20 billion acquisition of Figma
lettruthout@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is good news! It was looking like Figma would be killed off.
Comment on Adobe abandons $20 billion acquisition of Figma
lettruthout@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is good news! It was looking like Figma would be killed off.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If anything, Adobe XD would get the axe, not Figma. Figma is the industry leading design software for UX work. No way that would get killed.
imaBEES@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Adobe had already announced that they were sunsetting XD with the announcement of their Figma aquisition, as Figma is much more successful and filled the same space. I guess now the question is whether they decide to reverse course and revive XD now that they won’t be getting Figma
themurphy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They 100% will revive it. They only removed it because they were confident to buy Figma.
ExLisper@linux.community 1 year ago
But Figma would be boundeled with other Adobe tools and would be harder to access.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Adobe product can be subscribed to à la cart.
But who knows, Adobe might have left their licensing model alone. It was very successful.
And that said, Figma’s licensing is shady as fuck once you get into organizational licenses. I’d honestly prefer Adobe’s model from an enterprise perspective. Figma gives organizations free tools for years, then starts charging for them once a company has adopted them. And admins can’t block the adoption of tools they know Figma will eventually charge for.
ExLisper@linux.community 1 year ago
Do you know why Adobe got so scared of it then? I though it’s because Figma was easier to access and was stealing their users. If Adobe has better licensing what’s the benefit of using Figma?