Figma was a huge threat to Adobe's dominance

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Post by johnm212 » Sun, Sep 25, 2022, 4:21 PM UTC

Figma was a huge threat to Adobe's dominance
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Re: Figma was a huge threat to Adobe's dominance

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Post by emrah » Sun, Sep 25, 2022, 5:02 PM UTC

Perhaps one company buying another shouldn't be allowed, no matter how big or small. It shrinks the competitive landscape and is ultimately bad for the customers

Re: Figma was a huge threat to Adobe's dominance

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Post by de6u99er » Sun, Sep 25, 2022, 5:37 PM UTC

emrah wrote: post #2

Perhaps one company buying another shouldn't be allowed, no matter how big or small. It shrinks the competitive landscape and is ultimately bad for the customers

Microsoft wouldn't exist in this case.

Re: Figma was a huge threat to Adobe's dominance

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Post by emrah » Sun, Sep 25, 2022, 6:20 PM UTC

de6u99er wrote: post #3

emrah wrote: post #2

Perhaps one company buying another shouldn't be allowed, no matter how big or small. It shrinks the competitive landscape and is ultimately bad for the customers

Microsoft wouldn't exist in this case.

It would, it just would look different and it wouldn't be able to create a monopoly stifling creativity and competition in the market

Re: Figma was a huge threat to Adobe's dominance

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Post by libraryatnight » Sun, Sep 25, 2022, 6:21 PM UTC

emrah wrote: post #2

Perhaps one company buying another shouldn't be allowed, no matter how big or small. It shrinks the competitive landscape and is ultimately bad for the customers

Bold statement on this particular community ;)

Re: Figma was a huge threat to Adobe's dominance

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Post by cercatrova » Sun, Sep 25, 2022, 6:55 PM UTC

emrah wrote: post #2

Perhaps one company buying another shouldn't be allowed, no matter how big or small. It shrinks the competitive landscape and is ultimately bad for the customers

Not being incentivized to start companies due to less likelihood of payout also shrinks the competitive landscape.

Re: Figma was a huge threat to Adobe's dominance

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Post by LegitShady » Sun, Sep 25, 2022, 6:56 PM UTC

emrah wrote: post #2

Perhaps one company buying another shouldn't be allowed, no matter how big or small. It shrinks the competitive landscape and is ultimately bad for the customers

I think thats too draconian. It make sense to say, restrict acquiring a company if it has an effect on the competitive landscape, but not necessarily restrict buying companies totally.

Lets say I have a company and want to develop some capacity - I could start from scratch, or I could buy a company that already does it well. If everyone starts from scratch that would be a whole lot of society's resources spent doing repeat work, but it also represents an opportunity to learn new things and try new strategies.

hard to say if its a net good or bad. but restricting companies purchasing companies probably wont happen.

Re: Figma was a huge threat to Adobe's dominance

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Post by sealeck » Sun, Sep 25, 2022, 7:05 PM UTC

Well they didn't buy it for US$20 billion for fun.

Re: Figma was a huge threat to Adobe's dominance

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Post by preommr » Sun, Sep 25, 2022, 7:14 PM UTC

Well, no shit.

The point is that adobe is so incompetent that they couldn't build their own product in their own industry. So wildly incompetent that they went and overpaid by quite a lot to make sure the deal went through.

Re: Figma was a huge threat to Adobe's dominance

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Post by emrah » Sun, Sep 25, 2022, 7:29 PM UTC

libraryatnight wrote: post #5

emrah wrote: post #2

Perhaps one company buying another shouldn't be allowed, no matter how big or small. It shrinks the competitive landscape and is ultimately bad for the customers

Bold statement on this particular community ;)

Yes it was a thought experiment. People should allow crazy ideas to at least enter their brains. I know this community is sometimes narrow minded and I lost some points but it's ok :)