Adobe's buy of Figma is 'likely' bad for developers, rules UK regulator Adobe’s $20 billion buy of web-first design collaboration start-up Figma will harm software developers if it goes ahead as proposed, according to a provisional ruling on the merger by Britain’s competition regulator. The Competition and Markets Authority launched a deeper investigation of the tie-up in July when it classified …
Could there be more pointless organisation than CMA? (Well, probably SFO...)
What sort of ruling is that and what is the point of it?
All at the tax payer expense.
When CMA starts looking at things that actually affect competition?
Like that IR35 loophole where outsourcing businesses can get dirt cheap IT workers from overseas using faux shortage occupation list and then sell their services paying almost no tax (if they shift profit out of the country) using the fact they are exempt from IR35?
We have laws that cover this already. The CMA is applying them.
The problem is more with regulation of existing monopolies. Particularly ones like Facebook or Google, who didn’t really achieve their market dominance by mergers. The CMA seems to be on the ball for mergers, but hasn’t shone by looking at entrenched monopolies. To be fair, it’s only had its powers for about 3 years. Before that it was subordinate to the European Commission.
We don't.
The problem is more with regulation of existing monopolies. Particularly ones like Facebook or Google, who didn’t really achieve their market dominance by mergers.
There is no problem with that. Problem is with corruption. These things can be easily sorted, but there is always something getting in the way (wink wink).
Simply stating that corporations have to divide into independent entities once they reach certain capitalisation.
To be fair, it’s only had its powers for about 3 years. Before that it was subordinate to the European Commission.
And failed to achieve anything of substance. How many more years they need?
These things can be easily sorted
That probably says a lot more about your worldview than bearing any relation to reality. In the real world, almost nothing worthwhile can be easily sorted. And governments are also subject to law, and have to prove that the processes they've gone though have been reasonable, fair and complied with the law. Which means they have to show their workings, and provide actual proof. Otherwise their decisions wil get overturned in court.
But maybe, just maybe web developers need to stop piling the cow dung so high and go back to basics?
Websites were not meant to be complicated. Ever.
And then you will never be held captive by a vendor ever again.
“Genius is making complex ideas simple, not making simple ideas complex.”
— Albert Einstein
> Websites were not meant to be complicated.
Nonsense! Absolute nonsense! How will you justify that utterly bloated bill if it's all so simple the client's nephew could code it?
Good webpages need to weigh upwards of 20 MB/page, and require the use of at least 3 external code libraries (for "prestige projects" this can reach over 12. NoScript is an eye-opener). And that's before adding advertisement.
I oversee a large creative team. All I will say is....we've been waiting for some clarity around this, holding it up any longer is actually hurting us. Let Adobe go back and focus on XD to compete with Figma or let them merge so Figma can benefit from Adobe resources and integrate...with literally, every tool we are using daily. Not just my team, but the profession.
That said, dont raise the da$% price, keep Figma functionality in place, most will have no issue with this at all. We all benefit....including developers.
Just a creative hoping we can get on with this already.
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