Figma keeps getting worse and worse (rugpulling useful features like inspect mode to charge more for them, deleting free drafts, deleting editors off free plans, rushed bad features like fake AI, features no one cares about like slides that will probably be excuses to gut existing features to charge more, not finishing existing fragmented paywalled features like variants which suck because free users cant access them, etc. Figma is hot garbage. Im trying out penpot and creatie right now and both are fine replacements. Sentiment with other designers is similar, Figma sucks now, get out before they pull you down with them.
I used to love Figma, but ever since the – now failed – attempt at being acquired by Adobe, they've been aggressively doubling down on anti-user, Adobe-like practices. It's like they failed to be acquired and somehow decided to just pick the Adobe philosophy anyway. I assume part of this is due to the current context; funding with free money must be harder than before, even though it seems they're in the middle of a new round right now[1].
I can't blame them for squeezing their customers as much as possible; they're the superior product, after all.
FigJam is also something in its own right. Try creating a sequence diagram there. Arrows just randomly have their own behavior of sticking somewhere where they shouldn’t or sometimes just not. You just keep copy-pasting that one arrow that doesn’t misbehave but still you end up with a horribly misaligned diagram.
