Challenge 3: Why Figma's Collaboration Model Matches Google Workspace's, Not Just Resembles It — Solution Walkthrough

The answer:

Per this chapter's own material, Figma's own multiplayer cursors and
live comments are described as the same real-time collaboration model
Google Workspace's own Chapter 2 described for shared documents —
multiple people working on one live, shared file, seeing each other's
presence and feedback appear instantly, rather than exchanging separate
copies and reconciling changes afterward.

Why this is the same underlying model, not just a similar-looking
feature:

Both rely on the same foundational architecture Chapter 1 established
for Figma — a cloud-native file with no separate local copies, where
every viewer or editor is interacting with one single, continuously
synced source. Google Workspace's own documents work the same way,
which is exactly why both products can show live cursors and instant
comment updates without needing to merge separate file versions
afterward.

Why this connection matters:

Recognizing that this is the same architectural pattern, applied to
design work instead of text documents or spreadsheets, means
understanding Figma's own collaboration behavior doesn't require
learning a new underlying concept — only recognizing the same cloud-
native, real-time model already covered in a different tool's own
course.

WHY THIS WORKS AS AN ANSWER
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This exercise checks that Figma's real-time collaboration is correctly
traced back to the same cloud-native architecture underlying Google
Workspace's own real-time collaboration, not treated as an unrelated
coincidence.