So this is the enshitification stage of Figma? Weren’t they already profitable? They should be ashamed to switch from product excellence to vendor lock in.
No such thing as shame in business. I see this as a wake up call and an opening for an alternative.
Postman was cool, until they started squeezing out pennies, and now we switched to Bruno (until the cycle repeats).
The good thing is that along the way, evolution takes place. The new product moves fast, while the dominant product starts to have trouble catching up due to codebase size and legacy.
I guess that after the Adobe acquisition failed and their leadership missing out on those sweet, sweet billions of exit dollars, they now decided to do what Adobe would've done anyway, squeeze out as much money as possible as quickly as possible before everything falls apart.
Then again, people that are still Figma customers should be okay with that. They didn't jump ship after the initial Adobe takeover announcement, so they are clearly not concerned about enshittification and price-gouging - so let them have what they want.
Postman was cool, until they started squeezing out pennies, and now we switched to Bruno (until the cycle repeats).
The good thing is that along the way, evolution takes place. The new product moves fast, while the dominant product starts to have trouble catching up due to codebase size and legacy.