The result of this should spawn a herd of Figma-like companies, since a good exit and big payout is strongly assured by both a validated market and backstopped by the likelihood of an Adobe buyout.
>>I’m not making a legal argument here about the FTC and how you define antitrust, monopoly, etc with regards to M&A. I’m just saying I think it’s stupid and short-sighted to block a transaction like this. Adobe is giving their pound of flesh. Figma is being incredibly well-rewarded for innovation. And if you remove the potential for acquisitions by the market leader from the startup playbook you’ll actually get fewer startups going after the market leaders. And that has worse ramifications for the economy and for consumers than incremental consolidation like this. Especially since there are plenty of other tools available to accomplish one or more of the same functions Figma does.
Possibly but customers quickly learn that these Adobe alternatives quickly disappear, so avoid. I know because I bought a bunch of Lightroom-like applications that are no longer supported.
The result of this should spawn a herd of Figma-like companies, since a good exit and big payout is strongly assured by both a validated market and backstopped by the likelihood of an Adobe buyout.
>>I’m not making a legal argument here about the FTC and how you define antitrust, monopoly, etc with regards to M&A. I’m just saying I think it’s stupid and short-sighted to block a transaction like this. Adobe is giving their pound of flesh. Figma is being incredibly well-rewarded for innovation. And if you remove the potential for acquisitions by the market leader from the startup playbook you’ll actually get fewer startups going after the market leaders. And that has worse ramifications for the economy and for consumers than incremental consolidation like this. Especially since there are plenty of other tools available to accomplish one or more of the same functions Figma does.