Animate 2024 still crashing even after deleting preferences

I'm running Adobe Animate 2024 on a Macbook Pro with Ventura OS (13.6.9) and the app keeps crashing. I'm talking dozens of time in a span of a couple hours. I've scoured this community and have tried every suggested solution just short of installing on a clean laptop (but that's the most unreasonable solution and I can't just go grab a new Macbook). Is there ANYTHING left to try? I'm doing the most basic/minimal project and Animate is just crashing constantly. Initially I thought it was related to swatches/strokes, but now I can't even see a pattern. I have assignments due for a class and the most basic tasks are taking me hours because of this issue. HELP. 

Things I've tried so far:

Deleted app AND preferences (when prompted and in my system folder)
Started the app while holding command+opt+shift to clear settings
Installed an older version of Animate (2023) but then I couldn't even create a new doc or anything
Basically if it was suggested in this forum I tried it.

I see that a known bug is Animate crashing on "repeated mouse actions" but what does that mean? Is that it? What am I missing? I run multiple other Adobe apps every single day with no issues.