https://forums.adobe.com/people/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric+C. wrote What would be the point in resetting the votes, exactly ? Either Adobe care about their image and communication about this issue, or they don't. But if they care, resetting some votes on a bugtracker issue would be pretty ridiculous, and doesn't make any sense. In that case, why not deleting the issue entirely? Let's try to keep some distance, I think you're taking it too personal. I agree, there is no point in resetting votes, it makes no sense at all. But at this point, I can expect anything from them, since it also makes little sense to not drop a single line in the tracker or in the forums saying "we're working on these issues", and still this is what we got: Zero replies from anyone working at Adobe. Nothing! Also, the 64-bit requirement wasn't something that was announced this year. It was announced back in 2017! "64-bit support requirement in 2019 Platform support for 64-bit architectures was introduced in Android 5.0. Today, over 40% of Android devices coming online have 64-bit support, while still maintaining 32-bit compatibility. For apps that use native libraries, 64-bit code typically offers significantly better performance, with additional registers and new instructions. In anticipation of future Android devices that support 64-bit code only, the Play Console will require that new apps and app updates are able to run on devices without 32-bit support. Apps that include a 32-bit library will need to have a 64-bit alternative – either within the same APK or as one of the multiple APKs published. Apps that do not include native code are unaffected. This change will come into effect in August 2019. We're providing advance notice today to allow plenty of time for developers who don't yet support 64-bit to plan the transition." The above paragraph comes from an announcement made by Google at the end of 2017, and as they said, they made it "to allow plenty of time for developers". Yet, the Adobe team has chosen to do nothing in these almost 2 years since then, so we are now at the final stretch before the deadline, with only a little more that 2 months to go. And not only that, they are still remaining completely silent in the bug tracker and the forums, as if they were afraid of showing any kind of date commitment, as if they feared they might not make it in time. It's either that or they're just such a tiny team they don't have the time to spend even a few minutes to reply issues in the bug tracker. Either way, this is really worrysome. The only replies we've had so far are time-wasting replies from fanboys who will blindly defend Adobe no matter what they do and just make excuses for them one after the other. Rest assured those posts don't make Adobe look any better, more like the opposite, because they are such senseless excuses such as: Adobe shouldn't test their AIR SDK with the latest beta of an Operating System which will be imminently released in just a few months, just because that OS is not production quality code. They should only test when the OS hits final release instead, so users will have problems for months after its release (What?!) Quote: "I don’t see anything here that is odd about Adobe’s communication", "there's nothing particularly unusual about the current level of communication" (Really?!) Quote: "the SDK is receiving generous updates, projects like Starling and Feathers are receiving funding" (this is plain false, Starling and Feathers stopped received funding back in January, and the SDK is just having maintenance updates, not "generous" updates; calling them that is a stretch) "Don't worry, they'll publish AIR SDK 33 in March, and AIR SDK 34 in June". Then, when they fail to publish AIR SDK 33 (and they still haven't to this date): It's perfectly normal, they don't have any obligation to stick to their own publish dates, they can release at any time they want, less than 3 months (now a little above 2 months) until the deadline with no news is perfectly reasonable, there's still plenty of time, stop your tantrum, Adobe owes you nothing! (no comment...) Do those people who say stuff like that really think it makes Adobe look better? Actually, that makes it look like a mediocre company which will not stand behind their product and which can only count on fanboys to defend it. AIR is a great technology, but this is such a sorry state of things, really.
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