Adobe Actually Won't Discontinue Animate (theverge.com)
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- News link: https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/02/04/0730222/adobe-actually-wont-discontinue-animate
- Source link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/873621/adobe-animate-maintenance-mode-reverse-course
> In an FAQ, the company now says that Animate will now be in maintenance mode and that it has "no plans toâdiscontinue or remove access" to the app.
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> Animate will still receive "ongoing security and bug fixes" and will still be available for "both new and existing users," but it won't get new features. Many creators expressed frustration after Adobe's [2]original discontinuation announcement from earlier this week, and the application is still used by creators like David Firth, the person behind the animated web series Salad Fingers. Now, Adobe says that "We are committed to ensuring Animate usersâalways have access to their content regardless of the state of development of the application."
[1] https://www.theverge.com/tech/873621/adobe-animate-maintenance-mode-reverse-course
[2] https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/02/03/1445206/adobe-is-killing-a-popular-animation-and-game-development-program
"Trust me, bro..." (Score:2)
I'd still be open to alternatives for the sake of having a Plan B. Adobe has only proven they can always pull the rug. "Yoink! Sux 2 B U! LOL!"
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I don't think you have a choice. Reading online there is just no equivalent software . Reddit has several threads with people lamenting that there isn't any serious alternative.
My guess is the big boys rolled around and hobbyists aren't profitable enough.
Also I suspect any serious effort to compete with Adobe would be met with large price drops from Adobe until you're out of business. Even if Adobe doesn't make money off animate I doubt they're going to stand by and let somebody else do. If nothing e
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> Reddit has several threads with people lamenting that there isn't any serious alternative.
Yeah I know you post your anti-capitalist rants 20 times a day as well on reddit just like you do here but I don't care since I rarely go there.
Here is a suggestion, why don't you limit yourself to reddit and let us enjoy what's remaining of this site after you turned it in site for communists to rant Chinese propaganda?
outhouse fodder (Score:2)
We need an addendum to US copyright law for discontinued and out-of-print properties such that, if any entity is able to pay the amount it made last year times the number of years left in the copyright (though it'd obviously need to address the "author's lifetime" uncertainty), times some factor or other, then the property is released to the public domain.
...always available... (Score:1)
...for certain values of "always".
That's not very different (Score:2)
> Animate will still receive "ongoing security and bug fixes" and will still be available for "both new and existing users," but it won't get new features.
The only difference between that and what they said before is that they will still be selling it. They have already committed to maintaining it for three years, that's "ongoing". There is no promise to bring it to new Windows versions, so that's not different either. If the only difference is that Adobe agreed to take more people's money, it's not a difference.
Re: That's not very different (Score:2)
You're not wrong but this is being driven by the community. Word it differently and take their money because that is what makes the consumer sleep at night.
It also doesn't hurt that they stock tanked in the last couple days.
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There is a big difference. Since it is tied to your subscription You would not be able to use it anymore if it was removed from their portfolio. This way people will still be able to access and use it.
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> There is a big difference. Since it is tied to your subscription You would not be able to use it anymore if it was removed from their portfolio. This way people will still be able to access and use it.
FTFA from the prior story:
> "Weâ(TM)re contacting you to let you know that Adobe will be discontinuing Adobe Animate on March 1, 2026. As an existing Animate user, you may continue to use Animate, but please note that technical support will no longer be available after March 1, 2027," states part of the email sent to users.
So no, that is not different at all, so it's not a big difference, in fact it's no different.