Adobe actually won't discontinue Animate

"Adobe is no longer planning to discontinue Adobe Animate on March 1st. In an FAQ, the company now says that Animate will now be in maintenance mode and that it has "no plans to discontinue or remove access" to the app. 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 original discontinuation announcement from Monday ( here's a Wayback Machine link), 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 users always have access to their content regardless of the state of development of the application.""

"An announcement email that went out to Adobe Animate customers about the discontinuation did "not meet our standards and caused a lot of confusion and angst within the community," according to a Reddit post from Adobe community team member Mike Chambers. Animate will be available in maintenance mode "indefinitely" to "individual, small business, and enterprise customers," according to Adobe. Before the change, Adobe said that non-enterprise customers could access Animate and download content until March 1st, 2027, while enterprise customers had until March 1st, 2029."

Adobe has placed Adobe Animate into maintenance mode and will not discontinue or remove access to the app. Animate will receive ongoing security and bug fixes and remain available to both new and existing users, but it will not receive new features. Creators expressed frustration after the original discontinuation announcement and many continue to use the application. Adobe committed to ensuring users always have access to their content and acknowledged that an announcement email caused confusion and angst. Animate will remain available indefinitely to individual, small business, and enterprise customers; prior access deadlines were March 1, 2027 for non‑enterprise and March 1, 2029 for enterprise.

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