It’s pretty much a clone of Adobe XD but works in the browser. Adobe XD only has Windows and Mac clients and I think it’s tied to all the Adobe Cloud bullshit. Feature wise I think they are pretty much the same, didn’t dive deep enough to find differences, but Figma started getting traction and Adobe got scared. Now since Adobe can’t buy it and Figma is getting a round billion to improve their tool it looks like Adobe is in a good position to loose this market.
Headline should reflect that it’s because of regulators, Adobe for sure would like to be a monopoly. Second time we were saved since Nvidia buying Arm got canceled.
Well, specifically, a market monopoly for UX design tools. They already have a pretty strong stranglehold over other creative disciplines. Illustration, photography, graphic design, print publishing, etc.
Like UX, there are lots of smaller alternatives, but Adobe’s apps dominate the pro space.
The word Ligma sounds like a disease, so you would say something like “it seems like he has Ligma” and bait someone into saying “Ligma?” or “What’s Ligma?” at which point you say “Ligma balls”
You can add “LMAO GOTTEM” at the end for extra punch
Adobe had already announced that they were sunsetting XD with the announcement of their Figma aquisition, as Figma is much more successful and filled the same space. I guess now the question is whether they decide to reverse course and revive XD now that they won’t be getting Figma
But who knows, Adobe might have left their licensing model alone. It was very successful.
And that said, Figma’s licensing is shady as fuck once you get into organizational licenses. I’d honestly prefer Adobe’s model from an enterprise perspective. Figma gives organizations free tools for years, then starts charging for them once a company has adopted them. And admins can’t block the adoption of tools they know Figma will eventually charge for.
Do you know why Adobe got so scared of it then? I though it’s because Figma was easier to access and was stealing their users. If Adobe has better licensing what’s the benefit of using Figma?
Adobe arguably has less shady enterprise licensing, but not better individual licensing.
That said, I would argue that the main reason Figma has become the tool of choice is because Figma was able to move quick and build out useful features faster than Sketch or Adobe. That’s what put them in the lead for UX tools.
Their bate and switch licensing shenanigans are a new thing, and something that came after they secured market dominance. The shady enterprise licensing stuff is a way to milk existing customers for more money.
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