Re:Show HN: How Sketch can win looking at there Qualitative ...
by rglover on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @08:44PM
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I'm not personally, but there was a near-universal meltdown as soon as the sale to Adobe was announced with people scrambling about to find alternatives. I agree that Figma was highly successful and achieved its goals.
> There's a reason they didn't. They tried and they couldn't do it.
Time, mindshare, and brand. They could absolutely do it (all of their apps are insanely complex), but it's far faster to cut a check and wipe out your primary competitor and eliminate the cash flow leak (which based on that number, they estimated would be greater than their purchase price for Figma).
> There's a reason they didn't. They tried and they couldn't do it.
Time, mindshare, and brand. They could absolutely do it (all of their apps are insanely complex), but it's far faster to cut a check and wipe out your primary competitor and eliminate the cash flow leak (which based on that number, they estimated would be greater than their purchase price for Figma).