US Justice Department requests more info from Adobe on $20b Figma buy

The Department of Justice is closely inspecting Adobe's eye-wateringly expensive purchase of web-first collaboration design startup Figma after making a second request for information from the pair. The $20 billion cash and stock acquisition was announced in September and sent some corners of the creative industry into …

[Zippy´s Sausage Factory]

My cynical side suggests Adobe would lock Figma's products in to Adobe Creative Cloud and abolish the free tier. They've always seemed to be a bit like that with acquisitions.

[Bubba Von Braun]

Especially when you pay $20 Billion for them.. Money doesnt grow on tree's, just in subscriptions..

[Anonymous Coward]

Surely not !!!

"My cynical side suggests Adobe would lock Figma's products in to Adobe Creative Cloud and abolish the free tier. They've always seemed to be a bit like that with acquisitions."

Your concerns are just a Figma of your imagination !!!

:)

(Sorry ... so so Sorry !!!)

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[joed]

Re: Surely not !!!

"There are fears among some users that Adobe will combine the two and raise subscription costs, something that Figma co-founder Dylan Field said isn't happening, and that the platform will remain free for education users." - hook them while they're young.