UK competition regulator finds Adobe’s purchase of Figma could reduce innovation
Good. It absolutely would reduce innovation.Adobe have already canned XD, which was a poor alternative to Figma, but Adobe had to at least pretend to compete.Problem is, even though Figma have captured a large proportion of the digital design market, they took on so much funding that their only real options are a purchase or IPO.I don’t believe that subscriptions alone would bring in enough for the kind of returns the VCs are looking for, especially as it’s almost free for individual designers.And so the enshittification begins.