• Not Learning The Lesson of Proprietary-Software Dependency

    From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Tue Feb 3 21:40:53 2026
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    Adobe is shutting down its rCLAnimaterCY product <https://www.theverge.com/news/872731/adobe-animate-app-shutdown-date>.
    This was basically a reworking of Flash after it had dropped out of
    use for online web animations. ItrCOs really surprising to keep reading
    things like this:

    The creators behind the short-form animated series Chikn Nuggit
    write in a post on X that they still use Adobe Animate to make the
    show. rCLThis decision would not only harm countless jobs in the
    industry but render so much past creations as lost media,rCY the
    post reads. David Firth, the creator of Salad Fingers, also says
    he still uses the app to make the grotesque series.

    Megacharlie, a technical artist for Jackbox Games, adds that the
    app rCLis used in many high-budget television cartoon productions,
    film and animation studios, game studios big and small, not to
    mention the 1000s of indie creators who still make use of it
    daily.rCY

    Being creatives, I assume they are Mac users. Is that why theyrCOre
    incapable of learning the lesson about not becoming too dependent
    on proprietary products?
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  • From Farley Flud@ff@linux.rocks to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Tue Feb 3 21:55:02 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 21:40:53 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

    Adobe is shutting down its rCLAnimaterCY product

    Being creatives, I assume they are Mac users. Is that why theyrCOre
    incapable of learning the lesson about not becoming too dependent
    on proprietary products?


    "Creatives?" Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

    The only "creativity" that these losers can muster is to select
    an appropriate boilerplate or template. That's why all websites
    look the same, all PR reports sound the same, and all commercial
    ads appear the same. In these fields, "AI" has long been the dominant
    and only practice.
    --
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  • From Alan@nuh-uh@nope.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Tue Feb 3 13:55:21 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    On 2026-02-03 13:40, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:
    Adobe is shutting down its rCLAnimaterCY product <https://www.theverge.com/news/872731/adobe-animate-app-shutdown-date>.
    This was basically a reworking of Flash after it had dropped out of
    use for online web animations. ItrCOs really surprising to keep reading things like this:

    The creators behind the short-form animated series Chikn Nuggit
    write in a post on X that they still use Adobe Animate to make the
    show. rCLThis decision would not only harm countless jobs in the
    industry but render so much past creations as lost media,rCY the
    post reads. David Firth, the creator of Salad Fingers, also says
    he still uses the app to make the grotesque series.

    Megacharlie, a technical artist for Jackbox Games, adds that the
    app rCLis used in many high-budget television cartoon productions,
    film and animation studios, game studios big and small, not to
    mention the 1000s of indie creators who still make use of it
    daily.rCY

    Being creatives, I assume they are Mac users. Is that why theyrCOre
    incapable of learning the lesson about not becoming too dependent
    on proprietary products?

    Because open source projects never die...
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  • From Brock McNuggets@brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Tue Feb 3 23:14:27 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    On Feb 3, 2026 at 2:40:53rC>PM MST, "Lawrence D-|Oliveiro" wrote <10ltq14$1r7ol$1@dont-email.me>:

    Adobe is shutting down its rCLAnimaterCY product <https://www.theverge.com/news/872731/adobe-animate-app-shutdown-date>.
    This was basically a reworking of Flash after it had dropped out of
    use for online web animations. ItrCOs really surprising to keep reading things like this:

    The creators behind the short-form animated series Chikn Nuggit
    write in a post on X that they still use Adobe Animate to make the
    show. rCLThis decision would not only harm countless jobs in the
    industry but render so much past creations as lost media,rCY the
    post reads. David Firth, the creator of Salad Fingers, also says
    he still uses the app to make the grotesque series.

    Megacharlie, a technical artist for Jackbox Games, adds that the
    app rCLis used in many high-budget television cartoon productions,
    film and animation studios, game studios big and small, not to
    mention the 1000s of indie creators who still make use of it
    daily.rCY

    Being creatives, I assume they are Mac users. Is that why theyrCOre
    incapable of learning the lesson about not becoming too dependent
    on proprietary products?

    Why assume Mac users? And why assume they are not aware of the risks but take them because the software serves their needs best as they use it?
    --
    It's impossible for someone who is at war with themselves to be at peace with you.
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  • From CrudeSausage@crude@sausa.ge to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Tue Feb 3 23:51:36 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 21:40:53 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

    Adobe is shutting down its rCLAnimaterCY product <https://www.theverge.com/news/872731/adobe-animate-app-shutdown-date>.
    This was basically a reworking of Flash after it had dropped out of use
    for online web animations. ItrCOs really surprising to keep reading things like this:

    The creators behind the short-form animated series Chikn Nuggit
    write in a post on X that they still use Adobe Animate to make the
    show. rCLThis decision would not only harm countless jobs in the
    industry but render so much past creations as lost media,rCY the post
    reads. David Firth, the creator of Salad Fingers, also says he still
    uses the app to make the grotesque series.

    Megacharlie, a technical artist for Jackbox Games, adds that the app
    rCLis used in many high-budget television cartoon productions,
    film and animation studios, game studios big and small, not to
    mention the 1000s of indie creators who still make use of it daily.rCY

    Being creatives, I assume they are Mac users. Is that why theyrCOre
    incapable of learning the lesson about not becoming too dependent on proprietary products?

    I agree that relying on proprietary products is foolish, but is there an alternative for that under Linux? Also, nothing is stopping them from continuing to use the same product, even if it doesn't get updates.
    --
    CrudeSausage
    John 14:6
    Isaiah 48:16
    Pop_OS!
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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Wed Feb 4 00:16:59 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    On 03 Feb 2026 23:14:27 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:

    Why assume Mac users?

    Because ... Adobe.

    And why assume they are not aware of the risks but take them because
    the software serves their needs best as they use it?

    If they really were aware of the risks, they wouldnrCOt be complaining
    so loudly about being let down.
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  • From Andrew Mulligan@oldeemail1956@aol.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Tue Feb 3 19:23:00 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 21:40:53 -0000 (UTC)
    Lawrence DrCOOliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
    Adobe is shutting down its rCLAnimaterCY product <https://www.theverge.com/news/872731/adobe-animate-app-shutdown-date>.
    This was basically a reworking of Flash after it had dropped out of
    use for online web animations. ItrCOs really surprising to keep reading things like this:

    The creators behind the short-form animated series Chikn Nuggit
    write in a post on X that they still use Adobe Animate to make the
    show. rCLThis decision would not only harm countless jobs in the
    industry but render so much past creations as lost media,rCY the
    post reads. David Firth, the creator of Salad Fingers, also says
    he still uses the app to make the grotesque series.

    Megacharlie, a technical artist for Jackbox Games, adds that the
    app rCLis used in many high-budget television cartoon productions,
    film and animation studios, game studios big and small, not to
    mention the 1000s of indie creators who still make use of it
    daily.rCY

    Being creatives, I assume they are Mac users. Is that why theyrCOre
    incapable of learning the lesson about not becoming too dependent
    on proprietary products?
    Here is another proprietary software company in trouble. Apparently
    their expensive product is used extensively in movie sound and other professional situations. https://www.gearnews.com/native-instruments-insolvency/
    From what I have read the biggest issue will be the copy protection
    servers which the user connects to in order to authorize the program.
    If they are turned off it's over and done. My sister is a content
    creator and she let me know about this one.
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  • From Alan@nuh-uh@nope.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Tue Feb 3 16:25:28 2026
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    On 2026-02-03 16:16, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:
    On 03 Feb 2026 23:14:27 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:

    Why assume Mac users?

    Because ... Adobe.

    Riiiiiiiiiiight.

    Because Adobe doesn't make software for Windows.


    And why assume they are not aware of the risks but take them because
    the software serves their needs best as they use it?

    If they really were aware of the risks, they wouldnrCOt be complaining
    so loudly about being let down.

    Because real humans don't do things like move next to an airport...

    ...then complain about the noise.
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  • From Brock McNuggets@brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Wed Feb 4 03:04:51 2026
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    On Feb 3, 2026 at 5:16:59rC>PM MST, "Lawrence D-|Oliveiro" wrote <10lu35q$1u8m6$5@dont-email.me>:

    On 03 Feb 2026 23:14:27 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:

    Why assume Mac users?

    Because ... Adobe.

    They make software for Mac and Windows.

    And why assume they are not aware of the risks but take them because
    the software serves their needs best as they use it?

    If they really were aware of the risks, they wouldnrCOt be complaining
    so loudly about being let down.

    One, not all are. And two, just because a risk happens does not mean you were not aware of it.

    Your logic is weak here.
    --
    It's impossible for someone who is at war with themselves to be at peace with you.
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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Wed Feb 4 04:58:32 2026
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    On 04 Feb 2026 03:04:51 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:

    Your logic is weak here.

    Says the one still trying to push denial of the severity of user
    complaints.
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  • From Alan@nuh-uh@nope.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Tue Feb 3 22:22:22 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    On 2026-02-03 20:58, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:
    On 04 Feb 2026 03:04:51 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:

    Your logic is weak here.

    Says the one still trying to push denial of the severity of user
    complaints.

    "Users..."

    No, strike that.

    "PEOPLE complain about change. Film at eleven."
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  • From Brock McNuggets@brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Wed Feb 4 14:13:56 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    On Feb 3, 2026 at 9:58:32rC>PM MST, "Lawrence D-|Oliveiro" wrote <10lujlo$22ksl$3@dont-email.me>:

    On 04 Feb 2026 03:04:51 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:

    Your logic is weak here.

    Says the one still trying to push denial of the severity of user
    complaints.

    You ignored that Adobe makes software for Mac and Windows.

    And I did not do as you claimed.

    As noted, your logic is weak here.
    --
    It's impossible for someone who is at war with themselves to be at peace with you.
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