Adobe Outlines Figma Feature Ideas, Commits to Keeping Free Tier

Adobe plans to add technology from its creative software portfolio to Figma without tweaking pricing or simplicity after its acquisition, seeking to ease concerns among loyal users that the deal may significantly change the design app. From a report: Photo, video and illustration editing will likely be implemented into the software design app after the acquisition closes, as well as the ability to link projects from Adobe products such as Photoshop or Premiere, Adobe Chief Product Officer Scott Belsky said in an interview. The company is conscious that Figma customers appreciate its simplicity, and any updates will avoid clogging up the way users maneuver around the app, he said. Figma's pricing model will remain "freemium," Belsky said -- meaning that a basic tier will always be accessible without cost. "We don't want to fix something that's working really well."

A free tier will remain

[93 Escort Wagon]

But, over the two to three years after the Adobe acquisition, all of the existing useful features will gradually migrate off that free tier.

Or, more accurately, they'll be deprecated and replaced by slightly tweaked "new improved" features that are not available on the free version.

Belsky then added

[The-Ixian]

"for now..." under his breath and chuckled to himself.

Just like Lightroom would always be sold?

[dgatwood]

Just like they said that they would keep offering a perpetually licensed version of Lightroom, I'm guessing. Fool me once....

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[Voyager529]

Just like they said that they would keep offering a perpetually licensed version of Lightroom

If you're looking for an alternative, Corel Aftershot Pro [aftershotpro.com] is a solid one-time $80 purchase.

4 Recent Examples of Corporate Liars

[El Fantasmo]

AT&T, Time Warner
AT&T, DirectTV
Charter, Time Warner
Disney, Fox

https://deadline.com/wp-conten... [deadline.com]

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[Tablizer]

Now here's the list of accurate corporations:

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[u19925]

I used to get 12% corporate discount on my T-Mobile. Just few months after Sprint merger, I got a text that I won't get the discount. When I contacted T-Mobile, they told me that it was a mistake that I was getting discount for 7 years. Unbelievable.

So I changed to another plan in which they told me corporate discount is available. When I ordered, it showed the discount but when the bill came, it didn't have. Same excuse that the discount is not valid on this plan. So I asked them to move me back to my old

Estimated probability that the

[Tablizer]

gov't will cancel the merger per antitrust?

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[Puls4r]

If it ends up in front of a Trump appointed judge? Zero.

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[Tablizer]

I expect at least token concessions to make it look like they "protected competition".

Corporations lie

[VeryFluffyBunny]

We're talking about a corporation, right? Since when have we ever been able to trust what a corporation says? How about they write it into a legally binding agreement with substantial penalties if they go back on their word? No, didn't think so.

If you want free, there's GIMP & Inkscape. Don't hang the future of your hard work on the whims of a profiteering corporation like Adobe.

blah blah blah

[mr.dreadful]

talk is cheap. Adobe's track record suggests the future is more fluid than they'd like us to believe.

Yeah right

[ScienceofSpock]

I don't believe it for a second. They also claimed they would be adding Substance Painter to CC, but that never happened. Adobe is an abusive monopoly.