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> You paint this like it's a bad thing, that's why many acquisitions occur.

You paint that like it's a good thing.

A lot of founders see it as a good thing -- not everyone wants to stay in the game. Some want a big liquidity event after 10 years of grind and a sale to a large competing company typically yields the biggest windfall.

> A lot of founders see it as a good thing

Yes, for themselves. But I doubt anyone on this current thread is a Figma founder, meaning we’re discussing if it’s a good or bad thing for users.

It's a good thing for me for Ferrari to sell me a car for $1 -- doesn't mean that's what should be brought into reality by regulators.

It might just be me but I don't think we should structure the economy around how easily founders can sell their business to escape to the next one. All that has done is make mega corps bigger and killed competition.

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