- Adobe Animate is now in maintenance mode, which means it will no longer receive new features
- Senior executive apologizes for earlier message that caused “confusion and anxiety”
- Contrary to yesterday’s report, new Animate users are still welcome
Adobe has reversed its decision to discontinue its popular Animate platform after much community uproar.
Less than 24 hours after announcing the move, Adobe Creative Cloud Senior Director of Design Marketing & Community Mike Chambers admitted in a Reddit post that the company could not “meet [its] standards” and “created a lot of confusion and anxiety in the community.”
What has now become clear is that Animate will still be de-prioritized, but rather it will enter a so-called ‘maintenance mode’ rather than being completely sunset at this point.
Adobe Animate is not going away anyway
Chambers said Animate is already in (and thus not in) maintenance mode, meaning it will continue to receive security and bug fixes.
“Animate will continue to be available to both new and existing users. This is a change from what we communicated in the email yesterday for the status of Adobe Animate, its timeframe and availability,” Chambers emphasized.
Maintenance mode is Adobe Speak to reduce support for new features, but the app will still get all the usual customer support and security updates to keep it going for potentially years to come.
In response to community outcry following earlier announcements that Adobe Animate would be discontinued, Chambers promised to “take steps so that the community continues to have long-term access to their content.”
While this is certainly good news for Animate users and a green flag for Adobe as it proactively responds to customer feedback, some are still unhappy. A Reddit user challenged the subscription model behind Animate, suggesting that it should become a perpetual license now that new features are no longer added.
TechRadar Pro asked Adobe if it would be open to changing its pricing or licensing strategy for the platform – any updates will be shared here.
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