For anyone using Figma, there’s a free open source alternative called PenPot that’s quite decent.
Europe Commission says Adobe's $20B buy of Figma will kill competition
Submitted 11 months ago by ZeroCool@feddit.ch to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/20/ec_rules_adobes_20bn_buy/
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Wet@lemmy.world 11 months ago
pslightlypsycho47@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Awesome! Found out about Figma last week so I’ll use this instead.
baggins@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Ligma?
Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Figma balls
OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Came here just to be sure SOMEONE said it
Poggervania@kbin.social 11 months ago
Figma dick in Adobe’s mouth
dangblingus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What’s figma?
Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
figma balls?
520@kbin.social 11 months ago
UI design software
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 11 months ago
Seriously, how will that kill competition? I could probably tell 10 tools from the top of ma head.
100_percent_a_bot@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I heard Steve Jobs died from figma
Clbull@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Adobe: Figma balls!
kpw@kbin.social 11 months ago
What's Figma?
mrfriki@lemmy.world 11 months ago
An UX (user experience) design app. Adobe has his own app for this: Adobe XD (Yes, that’s its actual name) but since nobody wanted it, they decided to buy the competition, that is, Figma.
ZeroCool@feddit.ch 11 months ago
Read the article.
kpw@kbin.social 11 months ago
It was a joke.
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 11 months ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Updated The European Commission says Adobe’s proposed $20 billion purchase of web-first design collaboration startup Figma will harm competition in the region unless the pair devise remedies to resolve this.
The transaction would represent the most expensive sale of a privately owned software company in history, and was flagged as a concern by 16 member states of the European Union in February, such is the lack of credible alternatives to Adobe on the market.
The EC leaned in for an in-depth investigation of the merger in August, and late on Friday evening - in the Euro time zone - it delivered the damning preliminary verdict in a Statement of Objections.
By erasing Figma as a competitive hurdle, Adobe would also tighten its grip on the supply of vector and raster editing tools, the EC added.
The sale was first announced in September 2022, and served to unsettle some developer customers of Figma, ones that were worried Adobe would kill off the free version, or its own XD software, anxiety the clearly EC shares.
The EU’s regulator isn’t the only one taking a keen interest in the $20 billion merger; the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority and the Department of Justice’s antitrust team are also inspecting the proposal.
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mrfriki@lemmy.world 11 months ago
There is still hope. I’m not holding my breath tough.
pokemaster787@ani.social 11 months ago
I at first thought it was the action figurine company Figma and was very confused.
Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
$20B? Holy shit that’s alot
KneeTitts@lemmy.world 11 months ago
massively over valued if you ask me… as are most things in the tech sector
OrangeCorvus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Adobe already killed almost all competition in the creative space and I hate that. I’m thankful for software like Davinci Resolve and the Affinity apps.
otter@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Recently learned about Krita too, which is more for art but it’s nice
There’s a plugin for AI generation now
PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I didn’t know they had AI generation now, I need to use it again. I haven’t had a project that needed it for a bit.
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
There’s also GIMP as a Photoshop alternative
And Dark Table as a Lightroom alternative
Both are pretty great IMO
CordanWraith@aussie.zone 11 months ago
Oh, I used to like Krita. That’s disappointing that they’re yet another on the AI train
KneeTitts@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Krita is a lot better than Gimp if you need a PS alternative
ActionHank@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Obligatory shout out to Blender, the most amazing community project ever. And GPL’d to boot! Suck it Adobe! makes obscene crouch tugging gestures
dukk@programming.dev 11 months ago
Kdenlive is also a really cool video editor. I use it occasionally. You don’t see many professionals using it but honestly it can do a lot more than what most people give it credit for.
KneeTitts@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Blender has a video editor in it too… hell Im surprised it doesnt have a full photo editing suit in it at this point
KneeTitts@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Adobe should have Never been allowed to buy Macromedia, what a massive crime that was. I had fully shifted off all Adobe products and was using Macromedia for everything… then that happened. Its all been downhill since that.
essteeyou@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You just made me remember Dreamweaver. Moving to DW from FrontPage felt like moving to IntelliJ Idea from Eclipse.