Adobe Cancels Cancellation of Adobe Animate, Confusing Animators Everywhere
KEY POINTS
- ā¢Adobe originally planned to discontinue Adobe Animate on March 1st but reversed this decision after backlash.
- ā¢Creators like David Firth, known for 'Salad Fingers,' expressed frustration about the announcement last Monday.
- ā¢Adobe now says Animate will stay available with security patches but will receive no new features.
In a dazzling display of corporate flip-flopping, Adobe nixed its March 1st plan to discontinue the beloved Adobe Animate after a social media storm featuring creators like David Firth, mastermind of salad-drenched web horror 'Salad Fingers.' Initially announced on Monday with a now Wayback Machine-preserved death notice, Animate will now quietly limp on in maintenance mode with the thrilling promise of zero new features, just ongoing security and bug fixes. Adobe swoops in to calm disgruntled animators by pledging 'no plans to discontinue or remove access' while effectively freezing the app's innovation in a chilling tech stasis.
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Adobeās wild ride: announce ending Adobe Animate, then quietly decide to babysit it forever without improvements. Productivity and frustration guaranteed.
Adobe: 'We love Animate so much we're killing it... then sparing it, but not really loving it.'
When you tell your users youāre shutting down their workspace, then just let them cry quietly instead.
Source: Theverge | Published: 2/4/2026 | Author: Jay Peters
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