Adobe reverses their stupid decision
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On Monday, the company emailed users to let them know the 30-year-old animation software would be killed off on March 1st, triggering a backlash so big that Adobe Creative Cloud senior director Mike Chambers took to Reddit to apologize for the confusion and angst. And to announce the app would instead enter maintenance mode. Animate is still used to create very popular shows like Smiling Friends and Teen Titans Go. YouTuber Tom Scott called it truly vile and an industry killing move. The team behind web series Chicken Nugget warned that it would harm countless jobs and create lost media. And one animation student tweeted that their $35,000 degree was now for nothing. That may have been the case before, but now definitely even more so. Adobe's original explanation cited new platforms that better serve users, which reading between the lines means AI.
The video discusses Adobe's reversal of its plan to kill off a long-standing animation tool, Animate. It begins by recounting Adobe’s initial move to discontinue the 30-year-old software, which prompted a strong backlash across the industry and among users. A senior Adobe Creative Cloud director took to Reddit to apologize for the confusion and angst, revealing that the app would instead enter maintenance mode. The short highlights the impact on creators and students, noting famous shows created with Animate such as Smiling Friends and Teen Titans Go, and it references reactions from content creators and industry observers who argued that the move would be harmful to jobs and contribute to lost media. The video also acknowledges Adobe’s justification that the change was intended to better serve users, with the implication that this preference may be driven by platform ambitions and AI considerations. Overall, the piece frames the reversal as a response to significant community pressure, while leaving open questions about the durability of the maintenance mode and the potential for further shifts in Adobe’s product strategy in an AI-influenced landscape.
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