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 โno plans toโฏdiscontinue or remove accessโ to the app. Animate will still receive โongoing security and bug fixesโ and will still be available for โboth new and existing users,โ but it wonโt get new features.
An announcement email that went out to Adobe Animate customers about the discontinuation did โnot meet our standards and caused a lot of confusion and angst within the community,โ according to a Reddit post from Adobe community team member Mike Chambers.
Animate will be available in maintenance mode โindefinitelyโ to โindividual, small business,โฏand enterprise customers,โ 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.
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