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User blowback convinces Adobe to keep supporting 30-year-old 2D animation app

TechnologyFebruary 4, 2026
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User blowback convinces Adobe to keep supporting 30-year-old 2D animation app
Despite the about-face, some customers think "the damage is done."
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Adobe has canceled plans to discontinue its 2D animation software Animate.

On Monday, Adobe announced that it would stop allowing people to sell subscriptions to Animate on March 1, saying the software had “served its purpose." People who already had a software license would be able to keep using Animate with technical support until March 1, 2027; businesses had until March 1, 2029. Per an email sent to customers, Adobe also said users would lose access to Animate files and project data on March 1, 2027. Animate costs $23 per month.

After receiving backlash from animators and other users, Adobe reversed its decision on Tuesday night. In an announcement posted online, the San Jose, California-headquartered company said:

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