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Aaron O'Leary

NEWS: Adobe has announced it's buying Figma ๐Ÿ‘€

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According to multiple reports including Bloomberg, Adobe and Figma are set to finalise a deal for the purchase of Figma for a whopping $20 billion! What do you think of this deal, does it make sense, do you wish Figma would stay independent? ๐Ÿง Update: Since writing this, Adobe have confirmed that they are in fact buying Figma, Figma will remain independent and Dylan Field will remain as CEO.
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Justin Mitchell
Great for them, bad for us. I pay such insane prices for Adobe, paying 90% for tools I don't even use. Figma was a bright spot in design tools that I thought could eventually lead Adobe to changing up their pricing in order to compete
Aaron O'Leary
@jmitch Thing I don't like is trying to cancel with Adobe, end up paying a small fortune in order to stop paying...
Justin Mitchell
@aaronoleary oh 100%. Adobe one time wouldn't let me cancel a license when an employee of mine DIED. True story.
Chris Gรผnther
@jmitch Feel free to check out Antetype โ€“ all designing & prototyping is free (plain plan only covers hosting and advanced collaboration features)
Sveta Bay
Okay, guys what are Figma alternatives? ๐Ÿ˜„
Lee Fuhr
@basv We're looking into moving forward to @framerapp Framer Sites but lots of people are talking about moving back to Sketch.
Pablo Ignacio
@basv Sketch! Paid only once
Daniel B
@basv gonna give https://penpot.app/ a try but perhaps more likely to return to dear Sketch since they now have collab tools. If we only knew they would never sell to Adobe โ€ฆ
Yucel F. Sahan
Wow, that is a surprise and not a surprise at the same time :) Figma defeated them all!!
Aaron O'Leary
@yucelfaruksahan If you can't beat em, buy em ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ
Xola Mpendu
@aaronoleary well said:)
Emmett Naughton
I'd also probably sell for 20 Billion.
Aaron O'Leary
@emmettnaughton same, no hesitation whatsoever
Emmett Naughton
20B in this economy?!
David
@emmettnaughton You _really_ twisted my arm... but okay!
Emmett Naughton
@zyqxd The most painful decision of my life was over to accept 20 billion dollars.
Nico Spijker
Fearful of what this will mean regarding pricing plans and accessibility for smaller teams moving forward.
Aaron O'Leary
I think the deal makes sense personally but I do personally hope to see Figma independent, it's amazing having such a strong competitor to the previous monopoly on design tools from Adobe!
Patrick Loonstra
@aaronoleary Why personally? Isn't that the only opinion you have. I also have the same feeling. Great tool, to bag it is attached to a big slow moving one.
Puneet Acharya
Nooooooooooooooooooooo @mufassir_kazi :(
Mufassir Kazi
@puneet_acharya NO!!! Close the banks. Don't let the transaction go through
Puneet Acharya
@mufassir_kazi ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜
Aaron O'Leary
@puneet_acharya @mufassir_kazi Close the banks ๐Ÿคฃ
Corey Stone
Definitely not a fan of this since I generally like what Figma has been doing, and generally not impressed with Adobe (and I started at Photoshop 2 (?) in the 90's!). Seems like Adobe could face some monopoly legal risks, as well.
Rene
@coreywstone I've also watched Adobe morph and grow over the last 30 years. My first vector drawing program was Aldus Freehand! I remember Altsys/Aldus merged with Adobe, but the FTC nixed the deal in 1994 over market monopoly concerns. Of course Altsys was later bought by Macromedia, which was then bought by Adobe. ๐Ÿ™„ I would love it if Adobe would fold Figma in with the full CC Suite for the same subscription price. But Adobe's history makes me less than optimistic.
Alex Rani
I have moved from Figma to Siter.io. Now I convert all my Figma design files to a live websites based on this tutorial https://designmodo.com/export-fi... That's sad, I'd prefer they remained independent. I am not a fan of what Adobe has become in my life as far as subscriptions
Desert Man
We already pay full subscription for Adobe and Figma separately. After the merge, I assume, Adobe will ditch XD and replace with Figma. As a result, we'll likely to pay less invoice :) But today Adobe Inc: 318.57 USD โˆ’$52.17 (14.07%)today
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