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Figma restricts MCP access to whitelisted clients, excluding Pi

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  1. dyllon · · focus · HN ↗
    Frankly, “whitelisting” clients is against the spirit of MCP.
    1. chpatrick · · focus · HN ↗
      Open MCP basically kills your product in my opinion, you can't charge for any feature the LLM can do itself.

      It's probably good news for users and open source though, why would you pay for something if a free tool with an MCP can do it.

      1. fidotron · · focus · HN ↗
        > Open MCP basically kills your product in my opinion, you can't charge for any feature the LLM can do itself.

        For products for which this is true resorting to whitelisting clients simply accelerates your obsolescence by creating a temporary market for products that are MCP, and open agent, friendly.

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