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I know Adobe is not really included in the typical anti-competitive criticism like some of the entrenched FAANG's, but this amounts to nothin less than what they do to stifle competition: Point to upstarts like Figma to justify an argument that "No, see? Competition is still possible!" But then buy out that competition to create a metastable state of:

   1) dominance w/ noncom practices 
   2) -> disruption by a slight threat arises to threaten #1 market share
   3) -> buyout of #2
   4) -> return to to the desired state of #1



They were also one of the companies complicit in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_L...




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