DOJ takes aim at Adobe's Figma $20B deal

Perhaps it's a good thing for the government to reincentivize R&D inside of large tech firms by blocking deals like this?

In my opinion, there is a huge incentive for large firms to buy rather than build right now, given the go-to-market risks with any new product launch. Externalizing that risk into VC funded firms and then paying for winners is a smart choice.

But sadly the result often is that consumers have to eat the inevitable decline in product quality post-acquisition.

"For Pablo Ruiz-Múzquiz, who heads up PenPot, an open-source competitor to Figma, the deal was a shock to the design community, since Figma had long marketed itself as the “anti-Adobe.”

Didn't know PenPot exists.

Hope it takes off. Importing Figma files would help drive adoptions, but it feels like a long way off.

Oh, my if this deal falls through, the second-best bid for Figma is probably 75% lower. Best to stay indy for all involved (except the VC's).