Why are you abandoning Adobe XD?

[sifarg3970546]

It's really a great shame that Adobe is leaving AdobeXD in the shade, an extremely fast and familiar tool for those who use the suite. It raises the white flag by completely leaving the market to Figma without thinking about customers who rely on the longevity of Adobe products, who invest time to learn its software. Adobe thinks of doing something about it or do we abandon it every time like it happened with Muse and others?

[Chris W. Griffith]

That is in part why they kept it in maintenance mode, to avoid the level of backlash Adobe got after the Flex/Flash abandonment. I wish either Adobe or Figma had created a migration tool. I spent countless hours manually migrating my XD files into Figma.

[creative explorer]

@sifarg3970546 I agree with @Chris W. Griffith manually transitioning the XD files to Figma can be a lengthy process ( @Chris W. Griffith have you tried the copy SVG code from XD to Figma) or use the Convertifty plugin?)

While it is true that Adobe's attempt to acquire Figma for $20 billion was blocked by regulatory bodies due to concerns about market competition, an Adobe spokesperson was quoted stating, "We have no plans to further invest in it [XD]," after the Figma acquisition was terminated. This strongly indicates that XD's current maintenance mode status will persist.. Adobe has removed XD as a standalone purchase option, and it's only available as part of the Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps subscription. This further suggests that it's not a primary focus for new users. Therefore, users relying on XD should likely consider transitioning to alternative UI/UX design tools like Figma.

[ribik]

My guess is Adobe's user growth has stagnated. Adobe banked on the merger with Figma to add a big chunk to its user base instead of growing it organically through competition. That plan has fallen through. Their next move could be to aquire a Figma competitor. That's my guess. In either case XD users will get shafted anyways.