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Is it not still blocked, or at least under heavy scrutiny? I would also dread Figma being folded into Adobe's bloated ecosystem. Thank god for penpot as mentioned in another comment as I would need an alternative if Figma does indeed get taken over by Adobe.

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I bet Adobe would like to back out of the deal too, they paid an extreme premium before tech took a general nosedive. I doubt Figma is worth $20 billion in todays climate.

Maybe not on its own, but it is worth that much to Adobe because it threatens their core business.

Yeah, I saw this move as a general protective manoeuvre rather than an acquisition intended to become a cash cow in and of itself. Figma is remarkably useful and capable. Over the years I've found myself leaning on it more and more for things I didn't really expect to.

> I bet Adobe would like to back out of the deal too

They don't, they already killed their Adobe Xd[0]. Even if it was still around, it was in a different league.

So they very much betting on the deal, they don't want to be out of the UI/UX space entirely.

[0] - The Silent End of Adobe XD: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36637055

Interesting! I missed that last time around.

I do wonder how Adobe will fare with empowered governments in the EU, UK, and US that want to thwart these types of acquisitions for big tech. Frankly I hope they succeed too. Mergers are not good for competitive markets and Adobe nearly owning every tool out their in the design space is extremely bad.

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