Inside Adobe's $20 Billion Figma Acquisition

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A designer's go-to tool, Figma has now been acquired for $20 billion by...

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ADOBE

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Adobe's power move seems fruitful, with now reduced competition to its own design product...

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ADOBE XD

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what does it mean for the designers

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With this acquisition, Adobe is looking to augment its declining revenues for...

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CLOUD

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So, it seems likely that the Figma users will now to have to subscribe to Adobe Cloud Services to access Figma.

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the list of other collaborative acquisitions of Adobe including Marketo, Behance, and Magento.

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Inside Adobe's $20 Billion Figma Acquisition

Inside Adobe's $20 Billion Figma Acquisition

A designer's go-to tool, Figma has now been acquired for $20 billion by...

ADOBE

Adobe's power move seems fruitful, with now reduced competition to its own design product...

ADOBE XD

what does it mean for the designers

?

With this acquisition, Adobe is looking to augment its declining revenues for...

CLOUD

CREATIVE

So, it seems likely that the Figma users will now to have to subscribe to Adobe Cloud Services to access Figma.

the list of other collaborative acquisitions of Adobe including Marketo, Behance, and Magento.

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