alt Hacker NewsThey only "changed" them because it materially affected them.
"We're going to provide support and security patches" means "in a year we'll quietly stop any work on it anyway"
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There was a cartoon on bluesky with the dialogue:
"we've listened and we're going to keep offering Animate" (crowd cheers)
".. but we're not going to make any changes to the software" (crowd cheers louder)
"wait why are they still cheering"
.. the joke being that the customers don't want the software to materially change, just so long as it continues to run.
I mean, framed differently:
> A material number of customers see Animate as a differentiator from our competitors, so even if we only provide support and security patches, the investment is justified for retention.
I don't really think there's a hidden agenda here. The announcement surfaced new information for them, they probably reframed their own analytics and saw insights that backed maintaining Animate as a result.
Kinda like what happened with Xorg. WHOOPS DID I JUST SAY THAT OUT LOUD