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	Adobe has been accused of using user information for the purpose of training artificial intelligence. In 2024, Adobe updated its Terms of Service, granting itself a "non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license" to users' content. This grants Adobe permission to reproduce, distribute, create derivative works from, publicly display, publicly perform, and sublicense their users' content.<ref name="tos-sec4.2">{{Cite web \|date=2024-06-18 \|title=Adobe General Terms of Use \|url=https://www.adobe.com/legal/terms.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250216212938/https://www.adobe.com/legal/terms.html \|archive-date=2025-02-16 \|access-date=2026-03-25 \|website=Adobe}}</ref> This change raises concerns over conflicts with existing non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and intellectual property rights. Users were required to accept the new Terms of Service to access their previously stored content.{{Citation needed\|date=29 Mar 2026}}<ref name="entrepreneur">{{Cite web \|last=Shibu \|first=Sherin \|date=2024-06-06 \|title=Adobe Photoshop Users Are Outraged at the Company's New Terms: 'Am I Reading This Right?' \|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/adobe-new-terms-for-photoshop-illustrator-infuriates-users/475273 \|access-date=2026-03-25 \|website=Entrepreneur}}</ref><ref name="adobe-blog-june10">{{Cite web \|date=2024-06-10 \|title=Here's what to know about Adobe's Terms of Use updates \|url=https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2024/06/10/updating-adobes-terms-of-use \|access-date=2026-03-25 \|website=Adobe Blog}}</ref>		Adobe has been accused of using user information for the purpose of training artificial intelligence. In 2024, Adobe updated its Terms of Service, granting itself a "non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license" to users' content. This grants Adobe permission to reproduce, distribute, create derivative works from, publicly display, publicly perform, and sublicense their users' content.<ref name="tos-sec4.2">{{Cite web \|date=2024-06-18 \|title=Adobe General Terms of Use \|url=https://www.adobe.com/legal/terms.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250216212938/https://www.adobe.com/legal/terms.html \|archive-date=2025-02-16 \|access-date=2026-03-25 \|website=Adobe}}</ref> This change raises concerns over conflicts with existing non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and intellectual property rights. Users were required to accept the new Terms of Service to access their previously stored content.{{Citation needed\|date=29 Mar 2026}}<ref name="entrepreneur">{{Cite web \|last=Shibu \|first=Sherin \|date=2024-06-06 \|title=Adobe Photoshop Users Are Outraged at the Company's New Terms: 'Am I Reading This Right?' \|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/adobe-new-terms-for-photoshop-illustrator-infuriates-users/475273 \|access-date=2026-03-25 \|website=Entrepreneur}}</ref><ref name="adobe-blog-june10">{{Cite web \|date=2024-06-10 \|title=Here's what to know about Adobe's Terms of Use updates \|url=https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2024/06/10/updating-adobes-terms-of-use \|access-date=2026-03-25 \|website=Adobe Blog}}</ref>

	Adobe has stated that it does not use user content to train generative AI, but Adobe may use it for improving its machine learning systems, with an opt-out available. However, no opt-out option was presented during acceptance of the Terms of Service.{{~~Citation needed~~\|date=29 Mar 2026}} <!-- ~~Needs References~~. -V -->		Adobe has stated that it does not use user content to train generative AI, but Adobe may use it for improving its machine learning systems, with an opt-out available However, no opt-out option was presented during acceptance of the Terms of Service.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Arntz \|first=Pieter \|date=12 Jun 2024 \|title=Adobe clarifies Terms of Service change, says it doesn’t train AI on customer content \|url=https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/06/no-ai-training-in-newly-distrusted-terms-of-service-adobe-says \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260317232430/https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/06/no-ai-training-in-newly-distrusted-terms-of-service-adobe-says \|archive-date=17 Mar 2026 \|access-date=2026-05-14 \|website=Malwarebytes {{!}} Labs}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Adobe Communications Team \|date=2024-06-06 \|title=A clarification on Adobe Terms of Use \|url=https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2024/06/06/clarification-adobe-terms-of-use \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-05-14 \|website=Adobe Blog}}</ref>

	===User information leaks and data breaches (''2013 & 2019'')===		===User information leaks and data breaches (''2013 & 2019'')===
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	Adobe initially distributed its software with perpetual licenses, allowing its users to make a one-time payment to own and access a specific application or, through Adobe's Creative Suite, a collection of applications. In 2011, Adobe introduced Creative Cloud, a subscription service that provides users with access to individual applications or multiple applications for a monthly or yearly fee. In 2013, Adobe discontinued Creative Suite.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />		Adobe initially distributed its software with perpetual licenses, allowing its users to make a one-time payment to own and access a specific application or, through Adobe's Creative Suite, a collection of applications. In 2011, Adobe introduced Creative Cloud, a subscription service that provides users with access to individual applications or multiple applications for a monthly or yearly fee. In 2013, Adobe discontinued Creative Suite.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

	As of 2025, the only means to access up-to-date versions of many Adobe applications legally is through Creative Cloud. Additionally, the activation servers for perpetual licenses of ~~previous versions of these applications~~ have been shut down, which prevents consumers from ~~activating~~ the software using a legitimate copy and a serial number.{{~~Citation needed~~\|date=29 Mar 2026}}		As of 2025, the only means to access up-to-date versions of many Adobe applications legally is through Creative Cloud. Additionally, the activation servers for perpetual licenses of Creative Suite 2, 3, and 4 have been shut down, which prevents consumers from installing/reinstalling the software using a legitimate copy and a serial number.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=27 Mar 2026 \|title=Get to know the Adobe Creative Cloud Pro plan \|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/faq-creative-cloud-all-apps-plan.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251123105347/https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/faq-creative-cloud-all-apps-plan.html \|archive-date=23 Nov 2025 \|access-date=2026-05-14 \|website=helpx.adobe.com}}</ref>

	Creative Cloud offers various subscription options, including ~~monthly plans~~ (~~with~~ monthly or annual ~~billing~~) ~~or prepaid yearly plans~~. There are also plans for individual applications and bundles containing multiple applications. ~~Prices~~ of ~~individual applications range from~~ $22.99 ~~per month or~~ $263.88 ~~prepaid annually~~. The Creative Cloud Pro subscription, which includes 22 applications and additional extras such as 100 GB of cloud storage, is priced at $69.99 per month or $779.88 per year prepaid.{{~~Citation needed~~\|date=~~29 Mar~~ 2026}}		Creative Cloud offers various subscription options, including month-to-month, annual (billed monthly), and annual (prepaid) plan types (availability varies by plan).<ref name=":3">{{Cite web \|date=27 Jan 2026 \|title=Understand Adobe's subscription terms and refund policies \|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/account/individual/terms-policies-and-regulations/adobe-subscription-terms.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260313212350/https://helpx.adobe.com/account/individual/terms-policies-and-regulations/adobe-subscription-terms.html \|archive-date=13 Mar 2026 \|access-date=2026-05-14 \|website=helpx.adobe.com}}</ref> There are also plans for individual applications and bundles containing multiple applications. A Creative Cloud single‑app plan is shown by Adobe using a standard monthly subscription fee of $22.99.<ref name=":3" /> Separately, Adobe’s published pricing changes indicate annual prepaid single‑app pricing of $263.88/year (although this varies by app, region, plan, etc.)<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Brawley \|first=William \|date=14 Sep 2023 \|title=Adobe increases Creative Cloud pricing, takes Firefly generative AI out of beta \|url=https://www.dpreview.com/news/1676880155/adobe-increases-creative-cloud-pricing-takes-firefly-out-of-beta \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251226082813/https://www.dpreview.com/news/1676880155/adobe-increases-creative-cloud-pricing-takes-firefly-out-of-beta \|archive-date=26 Dec 2025 \|access-date=2026-05-14 \|website=DP Review}}</ref> The Creative Cloud Pro subscription, which includes 20+ applications and additional extras such as 100 GB of cloud storage, is priced at $69.99 per month or $779.99 per year prepaid. <ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-05-14 \|title=Adobe Creative Cloud \|url=https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-05-14 \|website=Adobe}}</ref>

	~~Plans~~ billed ~~annually but paid~~ monthly ~~have a cancellation fee~~ 14 days ~~after purchase~~. This fee is set at 50% of the remaining contract balance. For example, if the user cancels the plan in the seventh month of an annual plan that costs $69.99 per month, they will incur a fee of $174.98. Prepaid annual plans do not offer refunds or cancellation options after the 14-day period.~~{{Citation needed\|date~~=~~29 Mar 2026}}~~		For an annual contract billed monthly, if you cancel after 14 days, an early termination fee applies. This fee is set at 50% of the remaining contract balance. For example, if the user cancels the plan in the seventh month of an annual plan that costs $69.99 per month, they will incur a fee of $174.98. Prepaid annual plans do not offer refunds or cancellation options after the 14-day period.<ref name=":3" />

	===iPad edition users' documents forced into the cloud with no opt-out (''2021'' - Present)===		===iPad edition users' documents forced into the cloud with no opt-out (''2021'' - Present)===
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	Some of Adobe's iPad applications, including, but not limited to, the digital painting application Adobe Fresco<ref>{{Cite web \|author=PaulaArtist2 \|date=2021-12-13 \|title=[How To] Save work locally / work offline \|url=https://community.adobe.com/t5/fresco-discussions/how-to-save-work-locally-work-offline/m-p/12390252 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260222202234/https://community.adobe.com/questions-646/how-to-save-work-locally-work-offline-307290?postid=5880549#post5880549 \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026 \|access-date=2025-09-22 \|website=Adobe Community}}</ref> and the document scanning application Adobe Scan<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Tagra \|first=Ria \|date=2021-06-14 \|title=Does Adobe Scan offer a way to not utilize the Adobe Cloud \|url=https://community.adobe.com/t5/adobe-scan-discussions/does-adobe-scan-offer-a-way-to-not-utilize-the-adobe-cloud/m-p/12104402 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260222202347/https://community.adobe.com/questions-517/does-adobe-scan-offer-a-way-to-not-utilize-the-adobe-cloud-11536 \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026 \|access-date=2025-09-22 \|website=Adobe Community}}</ref>, [[Forced account\|require an account]] to access and do not offer any option to opt out of syncing all documents created in these applications with Adobe's cloud servers. Similarly, the new non-Classic versions of Lightroom are fundamentally built around uploading all images to Adobe's cloud. Disabling internet access allows the user to work offline, but any files created in the affected apps will immediately sync to the cloud in the background as soon as the device is connected to a network again.{{~~Citation needed~~\|date=~~29 Mar~~ 2026}}		Some of Adobe's iPad applications, including, but not limited to, the digital painting application Adobe Fresco<ref>{{Cite web \|author=PaulaArtist2 \|date=2021-12-13 \|title=[How To] Save work locally / work offline \|url=https://community.adobe.com/t5/fresco-discussions/how-to-save-work-locally-work-offline/m-p/12390252 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260222202234/https://community.adobe.com/questions-646/how-to-save-work-locally-work-offline-307290?postid=5880549#post5880549 \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026 \|access-date=2025-09-22 \|website=Adobe Community}}</ref> and the document scanning application Adobe Scan<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Tagra \|first=Ria \|date=2021-06-14 \|title=Does Adobe Scan offer a way to not utilize the Adobe Cloud \|url=https://community.adobe.com/t5/adobe-scan-discussions/does-adobe-scan-offer-a-way-to-not-utilize-the-adobe-cloud/m-p/12104402 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260222202347/https://community.adobe.com/questions-517/does-adobe-scan-offer-a-way-to-not-utilize-the-adobe-cloud-11536 \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026 \|access-date=2025-09-22 \|website=Adobe Community}}</ref>, [[Forced account\|require an account]] to access and do not offer any option to opt out of syncing all documents created in these applications with Adobe's cloud servers. Similarly, the new non-Classic versions of Lightroom are fundamentally built around uploading all images to Adobe's cloud. Disabling internet access allows the user to work offline, but any files created in the affected apps will immediately sync to the cloud in the background as soon as the device is connected to a network again.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Essentials of the Lightroom ecosystem \|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/lv/lightroom-cc/how-to/lightroom-workspace.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251013221158/https://helpx.adobe.com/lv/lightroom-cc/how-to/lightroom-workspace.html \|archive-date=13 Oct 2025 \|access-date=2026-05-14 \|website=helpx.adobe.com}}</ref>

	===Paywalling Pantone colors and changes user files (''2022 - Present'')===		===Paywalling Pantone colors and changes user files (''2022 - Present'')===

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2026-03-29T21:28:00Z

Adobe attempted to discontinue Adobe Animate (2026)

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	===Adobe attempted to discontinue Adobe Animate (''2026)''<!-- Include sent mail in main article please, it is way too long. Putting it in this comment as easy preservation. We’re contacting you to let you know that Adobe will be discontinuing Adobe Animate on March 1, 2026. As an existing Animate user, you may continue to use Animate, but please note that technical support will no longer be available after March 1, 2027. Please note that access to your Animate files and project data will end on March 1, 2027. To ensure a smooth transition, we encourage you to export your Animate FLA and XFL files to other formats such as SWF, SVG, and MP4 files before this date. Customers with a Creative Cloud Pro plan can use other apps to replace some Animate functionality, including Adobe Express Premium for quick creation of animated videos and graphics and Adobe After Effects for more complex keyframe animation using the Puppet tool. All Creative Cloud members can also use free animation presets in Adobe Express to animate text, images, and design elements. For more information about the discontinuation of Adobe Animate, review this Adobe Help Center article. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Adobe Support. We thank you for being an Animate user and a valued Creative Cloud member, The Creative Cloud Team -->===		===Adobe attempted to discontinue Adobe Animate (''2026)''<!-- Include sent mail in main article please, it is way too long. Putting it in this comment as easy preservation. We’re contacting you to let you know that Adobe will be discontinuing Adobe Animate on March 1, 2026. As an existing Animate user, you may continue to use Animate, but please note that technical support will no longer be available after March 1, 2027. Please note that access to your Animate files and project data will end on March 1, 2027. To ensure a smooth transition, we encourage you to export your Animate FLA and XFL files to other formats such as SWF, SVG, and MP4 files before this date. Customers with a Creative Cloud Pro plan can use other apps to replace some Animate functionality, including Adobe Express Premium for quick creation of animated videos and graphics and Adobe After Effects for more complex keyframe animation using the Puppet tool. All Creative Cloud members can also use free animation presets in Adobe Express to animate text, images, and design elements. For more information about the discontinuation of Adobe Animate, review this Adobe Help Center article. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Adobe Support. We thank you for being an Animate user and a valued Creative Cloud member, The Creative Cloud Team -->===
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	On February 2, 2026, Adobe announced to users via e-mail that Adobe Animate, formerly the Adobe Flash Professional series of apps, was announced to be discontinued starting March 1, 2026. They stated that "as technologies evolve, new platforms and paradigms emerge that better serve the needs of the users." New customers would no longer be able to download Animate after March 1, 2026, and existing customers would have until March 1, 2027 to download the software that they had paid for. <ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-02 \|title=Animate End of Life FAQs \|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/end-of-life.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260203121443/https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/end-of-life.html \|archive-date=2026-02-03 \|access-date=2026-02-15 \|website=Adobe Help Center}}</ref> This means that users who could not download Adobe Animate in time had the software taken from them despite paying for a license ~~to do so~~. However, after backlash from people still using the software, Adobe backtracked and stated that Animate would be in "maintenance mode", claiming that they will provide security fixes for the software but no new features.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Adobe Animate maintenance mode FAQs \|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/maintenance-mode.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260205042636/https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/maintenance-mode.html \|archive-date=5 Feb 2026 \|access-date=2026-02-04 \|website=Adobe Help Center}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Smith \|first=Felecia \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Adobe will discontinue its Animate software after 25 years \|url=https://www.technobezz.com/news/adobe-will-discontinue-its-animate-software-after-25-years-2026-02-03-zg2t \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222202542/https://www.technobezz.com/news/adobe-will-discontinue-its-animate-software-after-25-years-2026-02-03-zg2t \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026 \|access-date=2026-02-03 \|website=technobezz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Preran \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Update on the status of Adobe Animate \|url=https://community.adobe.com/announcements-539/update-on-the-status-of-adobe-animate-1548459 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222061248/https://community.adobe.com/announcements-539/update-on-the-status-of-adobe-animate-1548459 \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026 \|access-date=2026-02-03 \|website=Adobe Community}}</ref>		On February 2, 2026, Adobe announced to users via e-mail that Adobe Animate, formerly the Adobe Flash Professional series of apps, was announced to be discontinued starting March 1, 2026. They stated that "as technologies evolve, new platforms and paradigms emerge that better serve the needs of the users." New customers would no longer be able to download Animate after March 1, 2026, and existing customers would have until March 1, 2027 to download the software that they had paid for. <ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-02 \|title=Animate End of Life FAQs \|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/end-of-life.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260203121443/https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/end-of-life.html \|archive-date=2026-02-03 \|access-date=2026-02-15 \|website=Adobe Help Center}}</ref> This means that users who could not download Adobe Animate in time had the software taken from them despite paying for a license. However, after backlash from people still using the software, Adobe backtracked and stated that Animate would be in "maintenance mode", claiming that they will provide security fixes for the software but no new features.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Adobe Animate maintenance mode FAQs \|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/maintenance-mode.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260205042636/https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/maintenance-mode.html \|archive-date=5 Feb 2026 \|access-date=2026-02-04 \|website=Adobe Help Center}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Smith \|first=Felecia \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Adobe will discontinue its Animate software after 25 years \|url=https://www.technobezz.com/news/adobe-will-discontinue-its-animate-software-after-25-years-2026-02-03-zg2t \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222202542/https://www.technobezz.com/news/adobe-will-discontinue-its-animate-software-after-25-years-2026-02-03-zg2t \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026 \|access-date=2026-02-03 \|website=technobezz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Preran \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Update on the status of Adobe Animate \|url=https://community.adobe.com/announcements-539/update-on-the-status-of-adobe-animate-1548459 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222061248/https://community.adobe.com/announcements-539/update-on-the-status-of-adobe-animate-1548459 \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026 \|access-date=2026-02-03 \|website=Adobe Community}}</ref>

	===FTC Lawsuit over hidden fees in subscription plans (''2024 - 2026'')===		===FTC Lawsuit over hidden fees in subscription plans (''2024 - 2026'')===

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2026-03-29T21:26:32Z

FTC Lawsuit over hidden fees in subscription plans (2024 - 2026)

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	==Incidents==		==Incidents==

	=== Adobe attempted to discontinue Adobe Animate (''2026)''<!-- Include sent mail in main article please, it is way too long. Putting it in this comment as easy preservation. We’re contacting you to let you know that Adobe will be discontinuing Adobe Animate on March 1, 2026. As an existing Animate user, you may continue to use Animate, but please note that technical support will no longer be available after March 1, 2027. Please note that access to your Animate files and project data will end on March 1, 2027. To ensure a smooth transition, we encourage you to export your Animate FLA and XFL files to other formats such as SWF, SVG, and MP4 files before this date. Customers with a Creative Cloud Pro plan can use other apps to replace some Animate functionality, including Adobe Express Premium for quick creation of animated videos and graphics and Adobe After Effects for more complex keyframe animation using the Puppet tool. All Creative Cloud members can also use free animation presets in Adobe Express to animate text, images, and design elements. For more information about the discontinuation of Adobe Animate, review this Adobe Help Center article. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Adobe Support. We thank you for being an Animate user and a valued Creative Cloud member, The Creative Cloud Team --> ===		===Adobe attempted to discontinue Adobe Animate (''2026)''<!-- Include sent mail in main article please, it is way too long. Putting it in this comment as easy preservation. We’re contacting you to let you know that Adobe will be discontinuing Adobe Animate on March 1, 2026. As an existing Animate user, you may continue to use Animate, but please note that technical support will no longer be available after March 1, 2027. Please note that access to your Animate files and project data will end on March 1, 2027. To ensure a smooth transition, we encourage you to export your Animate FLA and XFL files to other formats such as SWF, SVG, and MP4 files before this date. Customers with a Creative Cloud Pro plan can use other apps to replace some Animate functionality, including Adobe Express Premium for quick creation of animated videos and graphics and Adobe After Effects for more complex keyframe animation using the Puppet tool. All Creative Cloud members can also use free animation presets in Adobe Express to animate text, images, and design elements. For more information about the discontinuation of Adobe Animate, review this Adobe Help Center article. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Adobe Support. We thank you for being an Animate user and a valued Creative Cloud member, The Creative Cloud Team -->===
	{{Main\|Adobe attempted to discontinue Adobe Animate}}		{{Main\|Adobe attempted to discontinue Adobe Animate}}
	On February 2, 2026, Adobe announced to users via e-mail that Adobe Animate, formerly the Adobe Flash Professional series of apps, was announced to be discontinued starting March 1, 2026. They stated that "as technologies evolve, new platforms and paradigms emerge that better serve the needs of the users." New customers would no longer be able to download Animate after March 1, 2026, and existing customers would have until March 1, 2027 to download the software that they had paid for. <ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-02 \|title=Animate End of Life FAQs \|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/end-of-life.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260203121443/https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/end-of-life.html \|archive-date=2026-02-03 \|access-date=2026-02-15 \|website=Adobe Help Center}}</ref> This means that users who could not download Adobe Animate in time had the software taken from them despite paying for a license to do so. However, after backlash from people still using the software, Adobe backtracked and stated that Animate would be in "maintenance mode", claiming that they will provide security fixes for the software but no new features.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Adobe Animate maintenance mode FAQs \|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/maintenance-mode.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260205042636/https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/maintenance-mode.html \|archive-date=5 Feb 2026 \|access-date=2026-02-04 \|website=Adobe Help Center}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Smith \|first=Felecia \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Adobe will discontinue its Animate software after 25 years \|url=https://www.technobezz.com/news/adobe-will-discontinue-its-animate-software-after-25-years-2026-02-03-zg2t \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222202542/https://www.technobezz.com/news/adobe-will-discontinue-its-animate-software-after-25-years-2026-02-03-zg2t \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026 \|access-date=2026-02-03 \|website=technobezz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Preran \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Update on the status of Adobe Animate \|url=https://community.adobe.com/announcements-539/update-on-the-status-of-adobe-animate-1548459 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222061248/https://community.adobe.com/announcements-539/update-on-the-status-of-adobe-animate-1548459 \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026 \|access-date=2026-02-03 \|website=Adobe Community}}</ref>		On February 2, 2026, Adobe announced to users via e-mail that Adobe Animate, formerly the Adobe Flash Professional series of apps, was announced to be discontinued starting March 1, 2026. They stated that "as technologies evolve, new platforms and paradigms emerge that better serve the needs of the users." New customers would no longer be able to download Animate after March 1, 2026, and existing customers would have until March 1, 2027 to download the software that they had paid for. <ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-02 \|title=Animate End of Life FAQs \|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/end-of-life.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260203121443/https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/end-of-life.html \|archive-date=2026-02-03 \|access-date=2026-02-15 \|website=Adobe Help Center}}</ref> This means that users who could not download Adobe Animate in time had the software taken from them despite paying for a license to do so. However, after backlash from people still using the software, Adobe backtracked and stated that Animate would be in "maintenance mode", claiming that they will provide security fixes for the software but no new features.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Adobe Animate maintenance mode FAQs \|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/maintenance-mode.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260205042636/https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/maintenance-mode.html \|archive-date=5 Feb 2026 \|access-date=2026-02-04 \|website=Adobe Help Center}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Smith \|first=Felecia \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Adobe will discontinue its Animate software after 25 years \|url=https://www.technobezz.com/news/adobe-will-discontinue-its-animate-software-after-25-years-2026-02-03-zg2t \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222202542/https://www.technobezz.com/news/adobe-will-discontinue-its-animate-software-after-25-years-2026-02-03-zg2t \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026 \|access-date=2026-02-03 \|website=technobezz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Preran \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Update on the status of Adobe Animate \|url=https://community.adobe.com/announcements-539/update-on-the-status-of-adobe-animate-1548459 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222061248/https://community.adobe.com/announcements-539/update-on-the-status-of-adobe-animate-1548459 \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026 \|access-date=2026-02-03 \|website=Adobe Community}}</ref>
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	===FTC Lawsuit over hidden fees in subscription plans (''2024 - 2026'')===		===FTC Lawsuit over hidden fees in subscription plans (''2024 - 2026'')===
	{{Main\|Adobe sued by FTC over hidden fees in subscription plans}}		{{Main\|Adobe sued by FTC over hidden fees in subscription plans}}
	The U.S. [[Federal Trade Commission]] (FTC) filed ~~an ongoing~~ lawsuit against ~~[[Adobe\|~~Adobe Inc]]. and two of its executives, accusing Adobe of concealing critical terms of its subscription plans and creating obstacles to cancellation, claiming that Adobe's practices violated the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act (ROSCA), which "generally requires companies offering online subscriptions to clearly disclose important subscription information and to provide subscribers with [[Click-to-cancel\|simple ways to cancel]]". The issue being the seemingly hidden early termination fees for its "Annual, Paid Monthly" subscription plansOn March 2026, Adobe settled the lawsuit for $150 million, which is split into $75 million in penalties and $75 million worth of free services to customers.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Hale \|first=Craig \|date=16 Mar 2026 \|title=Adobe reaches $150m settlement on US lawsuit over alleged hidden subscription fees, cancellation charges \|url=https://www.techradar.com/pro/adobe-reaches-usd150m-settlement-on-us-lawsuit-over-alleged-hidden-subscription-fees-cancellation-charges \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260317130122/https://www.techradar.com/pro/adobe-reaches-usd150m-settlement-on-us-lawsuit-over-alleged-hidden-subscription-fees-cancellation-charges \|archive-date=17 Mar 2026 \|access-date=29 Mar 2026 \|website=TechRadar Pro}}</ref>		The U.S. [[Federal Trade Commission]] (FTC) filed a lawsuit against Adobe Inc. and two of its executives, accusing Adobe of concealing critical terms of its subscription plans and creating obstacles to cancellation, claiming that Adobe's practices violated the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act (ROSCA), which "generally requires companies offering online subscriptions to clearly disclose important subscription information and to provide subscribers with [[Click-to-cancel\|simple ways to cancel]]". The issue being the seemingly hidden early termination fees for its "Annual, Paid Monthly" subscription plansOn March 2026, Adobe settled the lawsuit for $150 million, which is split into $75 million in penalties and $75 million worth of free services to customers.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Hale \|first=Craig \|date=16 Mar 2026 \|title=Adobe reaches $150m settlement on US lawsuit over alleged hidden subscription fees, cancellation charges \|url=https://www.techradar.com/pro/adobe-reaches-usd150m-settlement-on-us-lawsuit-over-alleged-hidden-subscription-fees-cancellation-charges \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260317130122/https://www.techradar.com/pro/adobe-reaches-usd150m-settlement-on-us-lawsuit-over-alleged-hidden-subscription-fees-cancellation-charges \|archive-date=17 Mar 2026 \|access-date=29 Mar 2026 \|website=TechRadar Pro}}</ref>

	===Alleged use of user data for AI training (''2024'')===		===Alleged use of user data for AI training (''2024'')===

Reform: Quite a massive update to the whole Incidents sections. Updated that FTC lawsuit has settled. Adjusted title for Adobe Animate discontinuation for accuracy, and reordered it for better chronology. Added timestamps and 'main article' templates to all the other incidents and reordered them accordingly. Lastly, some citations have been improved with data.

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Quite a massive update to the whole Incidents sections. Updated that FTC lawsuit has settled. Adjusted title for Adobe Animate discontinuation for accuracy, and reordered it for better chronology. Added timestamps and 'main article' templates to all the other incidents and reordered them accordingly. Lastly, some citations have been improved with data.

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	===~~Transition to~~ subscription-~~based software~~===		=== FTC Lawsuit over hidden fees in subscription plans (2024 - Present) ===
	{{~~Hatnote~~\|~~Read More:~~ [[~~Adobe Lightroom~~]], [[Adobe ~~Subscriptions~~]], [[~~Adobe CS Activation~~]] and		{{Main\|Adobe sued by FTC over hidden fees in subscription plans}}
	[[Adobe ~~sued by FTC~~ over hidden fees in subscription ~~plans]]~~		The U.S. [[Federal Trade Commission]] (FTC) filed an ongoing lawsuit against [[Adobe\|Adobe Inc]]. and two of its executives, accusing Adobe of concealing critical terms of its subscription plans and creating obstacles to cancellation, claiming that Adobe's practices violated the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act (ROSCA), which "generally requires companies offering online subscriptions to clearly disclose important subscription information and to provide subscribers with [[Click-to-cancel\|simple ways to cancel]]". The issue being the seemingly hidden early termination fees for its "Annual, Paid Monthly" subscription plansOn March 2026, Adobe settled the lawsuit for $150 million, which is split into $75 million in penalties and $75 million worth of free services to customers.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Hale \|first=Craig \|date=16 Mar 2026 \|title=Adobe reaches $150m settlement on US lawsuit over alleged hidden subscription fees, cancellation charges \|url=https://www.techradar.com/pro/adobe-reaches-usd150m-settlement-on-us-lawsuit-over-alleged-hidden-subscription-fees-cancellation-charges \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260317130122/https://www.techradar.com/pro/adobe-reaches-usd150m-settlement-on-us-lawsuit-over-alleged-hidden-subscription-fees-cancellation-charges \|archive-date=17 Mar 2026 \|access-date=29 Mar 2026 \|website=TechRadar Pro}}</ref>
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			===Transition to subscription-based software<!-- Might need a moderator to rename the Adobe Creative Suit activation article to a title which reflects the whole subscription transition -->===
			{{Main\|Adobe Creative Suite activation}}
	Adobe initially distributed its software with perpetual licenses, allowing its users to make a one-time payment to own and access a specific application or, through Adobe's Creative Suite, a collection of applications. In 2011, Adobe introduced Creative Cloud, a subscription service that provides users with access to individual applications or multiple applications for a monthly or yearly fee. In 2013, Adobe discontinued Creative Suite.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />		Adobe initially distributed its software with perpetual licenses, allowing its users to make a one-time payment to own and access a specific application or, through Adobe's Creative Suite, a collection of applications. In 2011, Adobe introduced Creative Cloud, a subscription service that provides users with access to individual applications or multiple applications for a monthly or yearly fee. In 2013, Adobe discontinued Creative Suite.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

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	===User documents forced into the cloud with no opt-out===		===User documents forced into the cloud with no opt-out===
	Some of Adobe's iPad applications, including, but not limited to, the digital painting application Adobe Fresco<ref>{{Cite web \|author=PaulaArtist2 \|date=2021-12-13 \|title=[How To] Save work locally / work offline \|url=https://community.adobe.com/t5/fresco-discussions/how-to-save-work-locally-work-offline/m-p/12390252 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260222202234/https://community.adobe.com/questions-646/how-to-save-work-locally-work-offline-307290?postid=5880549#post5880549 \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026\|access-date=2025-09-22 \|website=Adobe Community}}</ref> and the document scanning application Adobe Scan<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Tagra \|first=Ria \|date=2021-06-14 \|title=Does Adobe Scan offer a way to not utilize the Adobe Cloud \|url=https://community.adobe.com/t5/adobe-scan-discussions/does-adobe-scan-offer-a-way-to-not-utilize-the-adobe-cloud/m-p/12104402 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260222202347/https://community.adobe.com/questions-517/does-adobe-scan-offer-a-way-to-not-utilize-the-adobe-cloud-11536 \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026\|access-date=2025-09-22 \|website=Adobe Community}}</ref>, require an account to access and do not offer any option to opt out of syncing all documents created in these applications with Adobe's cloud servers. Similarly, the new non-Classic versions of Lightroom are fundamentally built around uploading all images to Adobe's cloud.		Some of Adobe's iPad applications, including, but not limited to, the digital painting application Adobe Fresco<ref>{{Cite web \|author=PaulaArtist2 \|date=2021-12-13 \|title=[How To] Save work locally / work offline \|url=https://community.adobe.com/t5/fresco-discussions/how-to-save-work-locally-work-offline/m-p/12390252 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260222202234/https://community.adobe.com/questions-646/how-to-save-work-locally-work-offline-307290?postid=5880549#post5880549 \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026\|access-date=2025-09-22 \|website=Adobe Community}}</ref> and the document scanning application Adobe Scan<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Tagra \|first=Ria \|date=2021-06-14 \|title=Does Adobe Scan offer a way to not utilize the Adobe Cloud \|url=https://community.adobe.com/t5/adobe-scan-discussions/does-adobe-scan-offer-a-way-to-not-utilize-the-adobe-cloud/m-p/12104402 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260222202347/https://community.adobe.com/questions-517/does-adobe-scan-offer-a-way-to-not-utilize-the-adobe-cloud-11536 \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026\|access-date=2025-09-22 \|website=Adobe Community}}</ref>, [[Forced account\|require an account]] to access and do not offer any option to opt out of syncing all documents created in these applications with Adobe's cloud servers. Similarly, the new non-Classic versions of Lightroom are fundamentally built around uploading all images to Adobe's cloud.

	There is no end-to-end encryption, i.e., Adobe has full access to all of these files. Disabling internet access allows the user to work offline, but any files created in the affected apps will immediately sync to the cloud in the background as soon as the device is connected to a network again.		There is no end-to-end encryption, i.e., Adobe has full access to all of these files. Disabling internet access allows the user to work offline, but any files created in the affected apps will immediately sync to the cloud in the background as soon as the device is connected to a network again.

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	===Data breaches===		===Data breaches===
	In 2013, Adobe disclosed a data breach affecting approximately 3 million customers. This number was later revised to approximately 38 million. <ref>{{Cite web \|last=Finkle \|first=Jim \|date=29 Oct 2013 \|title=Adobe data breach more extensive than previously disclosed \|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/technology/adobe-data-breach-more-extensive-than-previously-disclosed-idUSBRE99S1DJ \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/rH59d \|archive-date=2026-01-23 \|website=Reuters}}</ref> This incident resulted in a $1,000,000 settlement and a commitment to implementing new security policies. <ref>{{Cite web \|date=15 Nov 2016 \|title=Adobe to Pay $1 Million, Update Security Policies to Resolve Multistate Investigation Into Data Breach \|url=https://www.mass.gov/news/adobe-to-pay-1-million-update-security-policies-to-resolve-multistate-investigation-into-data-breach \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250902031250/https://www.mass.gov/news/adobe-to-pay-1-million-update-security-policies-to-resolve-multistate-investigation-into-data-breach \|archive-date=2 Sep 2025\|website=mass.gov}}</ref> In 2019, researchers discovered that Adobe's Elasticsearch database was insecure, potentially exposing the information of approximately 7.5 million users. <ref>{{Cite web \|last=Khandelwal \|first=Swati \|date=26 Oct 2019 \|title=Unsecured Adobe Server Exposes Data for 7.5 Million Creative Cloud Users \|url=https://thehackernews.com/2019/10/adobe-database-leaked.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~UfO7n~~ \|archive-date=~~12 Apr 2020~~}}</ref> Breaches impacting U.S. federal agencies and Adobe Commerce/Magento stores also occurred in 2023 and 2024, respectively. <ref>{{Cite web \|date=5 Dec 2023 \|title=Threat Actors Exploit Adobe ColdFusion CVE-2023-26360 for Initial Access to Government Servers \|url=https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-339a \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251021123615/https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-339a \|archive-date=21 Oct 2025\|website=cisa.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Sansec Forensics Team \|date=1 Oct 2024 \|title=Thousands of Adobe Commerce stores hacked in competing CosmicSting campaigns \|url=https://sansec.io/research/cosmicsting-fallout \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251205154327/https://sansec.io/research/cosmicsting-fallout \|archive-date=5 Dec 2025\|website=sansec.io}}</ref>		In 2013, Adobe disclosed a data breach affecting approximately 3 million customers. This number was later revised to approximately 38 million. <ref>{{Cite web \|last=Finkle \|first=Jim \|date=29 Oct 2013 \|title=Adobe data breach more extensive than previously disclosed \|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/technology/adobe-data-breach-more-extensive-than-previously-disclosed-idUSBRE99S1DJ \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/rH59d \|archive-date=2026-01-23 \|website=Reuters}}</ref> This incident resulted in a $1,000,000 settlement and a commitment to implementing new security policies. <ref>{{Cite web \|date=15 Nov 2016 \|title=Adobe to Pay $1 Million, Update Security Policies to Resolve Multistate Investigation Into Data Breach \|url=https://www.mass.gov/news/adobe-to-pay-1-million-update-security-policies-to-resolve-multistate-investigation-into-data-breach \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250902031250/https://www.mass.gov/news/adobe-to-pay-1-million-update-security-policies-to-resolve-multistate-investigation-into-data-breach \|archive-date=2 Sep 2025\|website=mass.gov}}</ref> In 2019, researchers discovered that Adobe's Elasticsearch database was insecure, potentially exposing the information of approximately 7.5 million users. <ref>{{Cite web \|last=Khandelwal \|first=Swati \|date=26 Oct 2019 \|title=Unsecured Adobe Server Exposes Data for 7.5 Million Creative Cloud Users \|url=https://thehackernews.com/2019/10/adobe-database-leaked.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222202112/https://thehackernews.com/2019/10/adobe-database-leaked.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026}}</ref> Breaches impacting U.S. federal agencies and Adobe Commerce/Magento stores also occurred in 2023 and 2024, respectively. <ref>{{Cite web \|date=5 Dec 2023 \|title=Threat Actors Exploit Adobe ColdFusion CVE-2023-26360 for Initial Access to Government Servers \|url=https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-339a \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251021123615/https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-339a \|archive-date=21 Oct 2025\|website=cisa.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Sansec Forensics Team \|date=1 Oct 2024 \|title=Thousands of Adobe Commerce stores hacked in competing CosmicSting campaigns \|url=https://sansec.io/research/cosmicsting-fallout \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251205154327/https://sansec.io/research/cosmicsting-fallout \|archive-date=5 Dec 2025\|website=sansec.io}}</ref>

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	===User documents forced into the cloud with no opt-out===		===User documents forced into the cloud with no opt-out===
	Some of Adobe's iPad applications, including, but not limited to, the digital painting application Adobe Fresco<ref>{{Cite web \|author=PaulaArtist2 \|date=2021-12-13 \|title=[How To] Save work locally / work offline \|url=https://community.adobe.com/t5/fresco-discussions/how-to-save-work-locally-work-offline/m-p/12390252 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/~~WreAh~~ \|archive-date=~~5 Jan~~ 2026 \|access-date=2025-09-22 \|website=Adobe Community}}</ref> and the document scanning application Adobe Scan<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Tagra \|first=Ria \|date=2021-06-14 \|title=Does Adobe Scan offer a way to not utilize the Adobe Cloud \|url=https://community.adobe.com/t5/adobe-scan-discussions/does-adobe-scan-offer-a-way-to-not-utilize-the-adobe-cloud/m-p/12104402 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/~~cO5G1~~ \|archive-date=~~5 Jan~~ 2026 \|access-date=2025-09-22 \|website=Adobe Community}}</ref>, require an account to access and do not offer any option to opt out of syncing all documents created in these applications with Adobe's cloud servers. Similarly, the new non-Classic versions of Lightroom are fundamentally built around uploading all images to Adobe's cloud.		Some of Adobe's iPad applications, including, but not limited to, the digital painting application Adobe Fresco<ref>{{Cite web \|author=PaulaArtist2 \|date=2021-12-13 \|title=[How To] Save work locally / work offline \|url=https://community.adobe.com/t5/fresco-discussions/how-to-save-work-locally-work-offline/m-p/12390252 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260222202234/https://community.adobe.com/questions-646/how-to-save-work-locally-work-offline-307290?postid=5880549#post5880549 \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026\|access-date=2025-09-22 \|website=Adobe Community}}</ref> and the document scanning application Adobe Scan<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Tagra \|first=Ria \|date=2021-06-14 \|title=Does Adobe Scan offer a way to not utilize the Adobe Cloud \|url=https://community.adobe.com/t5/adobe-scan-discussions/does-adobe-scan-offer-a-way-to-not-utilize-the-adobe-cloud/m-p/12104402 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260222202347/https://community.adobe.com/questions-517/does-adobe-scan-offer-a-way-to-not-utilize-the-adobe-cloud-11536 \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026\|access-date=2025-09-22 \|website=Adobe Community}}</ref>, require an account to access and do not offer any option to opt out of syncing all documents created in these applications with Adobe's cloud servers. Similarly, the new non-Classic versions of Lightroom are fundamentally built around uploading all images to Adobe's cloud.

	There is no end-to-end encryption, i.e., Adobe has full access to all of these files. Disabling internet access allows the user to work offline, but any files created in the affected apps will immediately sync to the cloud in the background as soon as the device is connected to a network again.		There is no end-to-end encryption, i.e., Adobe has full access to all of these files. Disabling internet access allows the user to work offline, but any files created in the affected apps will immediately sync to the cloud in the background as soon as the device is connected to a network again.
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	We thank you for being an Animate user and a valued Creative Cloud member,		We thank you for being an Animate user and a valued Creative Cloud member,

	The Creative Cloud Team</blockquote>The e-mail contained a link to a now-deleted help article, stating that the reason for this was their belief that "as technologies evolve, new platforms and paradigms emerge that better serve the needs of the users." New customers would no longer be able to download Animate after March 1, 2026, and existing customers would have until March 1, 2027 to download the software that they had paid for. <ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-02 \|title=Animate End of Life FAQs \|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/end-of-life.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260203121443/https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/end-of-life.html \|archive-date=2026-02-03 \|access-date=2026-02-15 \|website=Adobe Help Center}}</ref> This means that users who purchased licenses to use Adobe Animate had the ability to download that software taken from them despite paying for a license to do so. However, after backlash from artists using the software, Adobe backtracked and stated that Animate would be in "maintenance mode", claiming that they will provide security fixes for the software but no new features. <ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Adobe Animate maintenance mode FAQs \|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/maintenance-mode.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-04 \|website=Adobe Help Center \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260205042636/https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/maintenance-mode.html \|archive-date=5 Feb 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Smith \|first=Felecia \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Adobe will discontinue its Animate software after 25 years \|url=https://www.technobezz.com/news/adobe-will-discontinue-its-animate-software-after-25-years-2026-02-03-zg2t \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.is/~~pOiuR~~ \|archive-date=2026~~-02-04~~ \|access-date=2026-02-03 \|website=technobezz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Preran \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Update on the status of Adobe Animate \|url=https://community.adobe.com/announcements-539/update-on-the-status-of-adobe-animate-1548459 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222061248/https://community.adobe.com/announcements-539/update-on-the-status-of-adobe-animate-1548459 \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026\|access-date=2026-02-03 \|website=Adobe Community}}</ref>		The Creative Cloud Team</blockquote>The e-mail contained a link to a now-deleted help article, stating that the reason for this was their belief that "as technologies evolve, new platforms and paradigms emerge that better serve the needs of the users." New customers would no longer be able to download Animate after March 1, 2026, and existing customers would have until March 1, 2027 to download the software that they had paid for. <ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-02 \|title=Animate End of Life FAQs \|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/end-of-life.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260203121443/https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/end-of-life.html \|archive-date=2026-02-03 \|access-date=2026-02-15 \|website=Adobe Help Center}}</ref> This means that users who purchased licenses to use Adobe Animate had the ability to download that software taken from them despite paying for a license to do so. However, after backlash from artists using the software, Adobe backtracked and stated that Animate would be in "maintenance mode", claiming that they will provide security fixes for the software but no new features. <ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Adobe Animate maintenance mode FAQs \|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/maintenance-mode.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-04 \|website=Adobe Help Center \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260205042636/https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/maintenance-mode.html \|archive-date=5 Feb 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Smith \|first=Felecia \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Adobe will discontinue its Animate software after 25 years \|url=https://www.technobezz.com/news/adobe-will-discontinue-its-animate-software-after-25-years-2026-02-03-zg2t \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222202542/https://www.technobezz.com/news/adobe-will-discontinue-its-animate-software-after-25-years-2026-02-03-zg2t \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026\|access-date=2026-02-03 \|website=technobezz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Preran \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Update on the status of Adobe Animate \|url=https://community.adobe.com/announcements-539/update-on-the-status-of-adobe-animate-1548459 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222061248/https://community.adobe.com/announcements-539/update-on-the-status-of-adobe-animate-1548459 \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026\|access-date=2026-02-03 \|website=Adobe Community}}</ref>

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	We thank you for being an Animate user and a valued Creative Cloud member,		We thank you for being an Animate user and a valued Creative Cloud member,

	The Creative Cloud Team</blockquote>The e-mail contained a link to a now-deleted help article, stating that the reason for this was their belief that "as technologies evolve, new platforms and paradigms emerge that better serve the needs of the users." New customers would no longer be able to download Animate after March 1, 2026, and existing customers would have until March 1, 2027 to download the software that they had paid for. <ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-02 \|title=Animate End of Life FAQs \|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/end-of-life.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260203121443/https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/end-of-life.html \|archive-date=2026-02-03 \|access-date=2026-02-15 \|website=Adobe Help Center}}</ref> This means that users who purchased licenses to use Adobe Animate had the ability to download that software taken from them despite paying for a license to do so. However, after backlash from artists using the software, Adobe backtracked and stated that Animate would be in "maintenance mode", claiming that they will provide security fixes for the software but no new features. <ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Adobe Animate maintenance mode FAQs \|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/maintenance-mode.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-04 \|website=Adobe Help Center ~~\|url-status=live~~ \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260205042636/https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/maintenance-mode.html \|archive-date=5 Feb 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Smith \|first=Felecia \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Adobe will discontinue its Animate software after 25 years \|url=https://www.technobezz.com/news/adobe-will-discontinue-its-animate-software-after-25-years-2026-02-03-zg2t \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/pOiuR \|archive-date=2026-02-04 \|access-date=2026-02-03 \|website=technobezz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Preran \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Update on the status of Adobe Animate \|url=https://community.adobe.com/announcements-539/update-on-the-status-of-adobe-animate-1548459 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/HQgK0 \|archive-date=2026-02-04 \|access-date=2026-02-03 \|website=Adobe Community}}</ref>		The Creative Cloud Team</blockquote>The e-mail contained a link to a now-deleted help article, stating that the reason for this was their belief that "as technologies evolve, new platforms and paradigms emerge that better serve the needs of the users." New customers would no longer be able to download Animate after March 1, 2026, and existing customers would have until March 1, 2027 to download the software that they had paid for. <ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-02 \|title=Animate End of Life FAQs \|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/end-of-life.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260203121443/https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/end-of-life.html \|archive-date=2026-02-03 \|access-date=2026-02-15 \|website=Adobe Help Center}}</ref> This means that users who purchased licenses to use Adobe Animate had the ability to download that software taken from them despite paying for a license to do so. However, after backlash from artists using the software, Adobe backtracked and stated that Animate would be in "maintenance mode", claiming that they will provide security fixes for the software but no new features. <ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Adobe Animate maintenance mode FAQs \|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/maintenance-mode.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-04 \|website=Adobe Help Center \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260205042636/https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/maintenance-mode.html \|archive-date=5 Feb 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Smith \|first=Felecia \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Adobe will discontinue its Animate software after 25 years \|url=https://www.technobezz.com/news/adobe-will-discontinue-its-animate-software-after-25-years-2026-02-03-zg2t \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/pOiuR \|archive-date=2026-02-04 \|access-date=2026-02-03 \|website=technobezz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Preran \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Update on the status of Adobe Animate \|url=https://community.adobe.com/announcements-539/update-on-the-status-of-adobe-animate-1548459 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/HQgK0 \|archive-date=2026-02-04 \|access-date=2026-02-03 \|website=Adobe Community}}</ref>

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	The Creative Cloud Team</blockquote>The e-mail contained a link to a now-deleted help article, stating that the reason for this was their belief that "as technologies evolve, new platforms and paradigms emerge that better serve the needs of the users." New customers would no longer be able to download Animate after March 1, 2026, and existing customers would have until March 1, 2027 to download the software that they had paid for. <ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-02 \|title=Animate End of Life FAQs \|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/end-of-life.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260203121443/https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/end-of-life.html \|archive-date=02 ~~Feb 2026~~ \|access-date=2026-02-04 \|website=Adobe Help Center}}</ref> This means that users who purchased licenses to use Adobe Animate had the ability to download that software taken from them despite paying for a license to do so. However, after backlash from artists using the software, Adobe backtracked and stated that Animate would be in "maintenance mode", claiming that they will provide security fixes for the software but no new features. <ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Adobe Animate maintenance mode FAQs \|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/maintenance-mode.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-04 \|website=Adobe Help Center \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260205042636/https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/maintenance-mode.html \|archive-date=5 Feb 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Smith \|first=Felecia \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Adobe will discontinue its Animate software after 25 years \|url=https://www.technobezz.com/news/adobe-will-discontinue-its-animate-software-after-25-years-2026-02-03-zg2t \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/pOiuR \|archive-date=2026-02-04 \|access-date=2026-02-03 \|website=technobezz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Preran \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Update on the status of Adobe Animate \|url=https://community.adobe.com/announcements-539/update-on-the-status-of-adobe-animate-1548459 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/HQgK0 \|archive-date=2026-02-04 \|access-date=2026-02-03 \|website=Adobe Community}}</ref>		The Creative Cloud Team</blockquote>The e-mail contained a link to a now-deleted help article, stating that the reason for this was their belief that "as technologies evolve, new platforms and paradigms emerge that better serve the needs of the users." New customers would no longer be able to download Animate after March 1, 2026, and existing customers would have until March 1, 2027 to download the software that they had paid for. <ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-02 \|title=Animate End of Life FAQs \|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/end-of-life.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260203121443/https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/end-of-life.html \|archive-date=2026-02-03 \|access-date=2026-02-15 \|website=Adobe Help Center}}</ref> This means that users who purchased licenses to use Adobe Animate had the ability to download that software taken from them despite paying for a license to do so. However, after backlash from artists using the software, Adobe backtracked and stated that Animate would be in "maintenance mode", claiming that they will provide security fixes for the software but no new features. <ref>{{Cite web \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Adobe Animate maintenance mode FAQs \|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/maintenance-mode.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=2026-02-04 \|website=Adobe Help Center \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260205042636/https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/maintenance-mode.html \|archive-date=5 Feb 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Smith \|first=Felecia \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Adobe will discontinue its Animate software after 25 years \|url=https://www.technobezz.com/news/adobe-will-discontinue-its-animate-software-after-25-years-2026-02-03-zg2t \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/pOiuR \|archive-date=2026-02-04 \|access-date=2026-02-03 \|website=technobezz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Preran \|date=2026-02-03 \|title=Update on the status of Adobe Animate \|url=https://community.adobe.com/announcements-539/update-on-the-status-of-adobe-animate-1548459 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/HQgK0 \|archive-date=2026-02-04 \|access-date=2026-02-03 \|website=Adobe Community}}</ref>

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