Adobe is no longer planning to shut down Adobe Animate on March 1. In an FAQ, the company now says that Animate will now be in maintenance mode and that it has “no plans to shut down or remove access” to the app. Animate will still receive “ongoing security and bug fixes” and will still be available to “both new and existing users”, but it will not get new features.
An announcement email to Adobe Animate customers about the shutdown “did not meet our standards and caused a lot of confusion and anger within the community,” according to a Reddit post by Adobe community team member Mike Chambers.
Animate will be available to “individual, small business, and enterprise customers” “indefinitely” in maintenance mode, according to Adobe. Before the change, Adobe had said that non-enterprise customers could access Animate and download content until March 1, 2027, while enterprise customers had until March 1, 2029.
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