> I'm not totally sure if Figma will suffer a similar fate
I strongly suspect not. It's in a lot more use than Fireworks (which was cool -I used it- but was always a bit "niche").
If they play their cards right, they can use it to leverage their way back into many designers' good graces (who had been leaving the Adobesphere for the Figmasphere). They would probably add ways to leverage their cloud storage and other apps.
That said, it's pretty much a textbook "buy the competition" move, and the kind of thing that's getting a lot of scrutiny from regulators, these days.
But $20B is a lot of yachts. I don't blame the Figma people for selling out.
I strongly suspect not. It's in a lot more use than Fireworks (which was cool -I used it- but was always a bit "niche").
If they play their cards right, they can use it to leverage their way back into many designers' good graces (who had been leaving the Adobesphere for the Figmasphere). They would probably add ways to leverage their cloud storage and other apps.
That said, it's pretty much a textbook "buy the competition" move, and the kind of thing that's getting a lot of scrutiny from regulators, these days.
But $20B is a lot of yachts. I don't blame the Figma people for selling out.