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0 pointststrimple3y ago0 comments

If this was local software, you'd lose out on most of the collaborative benefits that Figma provides. That collaboration, especially with guest accounts is one of the reasons for the explosive growth and popularity. If this was a buy it once tool that required IT support for collaboration it wouldn't have nearly this growth trajectory or industry adoption.

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shaan73y ago· 2 in thread

You can make local software with collaboration support. It is possible to make Figma so that you can do your design locally even if your Internet is kaput.

hk__23y ago

> You can make local software with collaboration support

You still need to have someone maintain the central server that serves as the single source of truth.

badsectoracula3y ago

The central server only needs to handle shared data - and we already have plenty of protocols for that so that there can be multiple companies that provide that service or, if you prefer, allow you to self host.

URLs can handle the rest, this is why they exist after all.

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