This is a subthread about Flash and not HyperCard, though, and Flash itself has been on this subscription model prior to the introduction of Animate. For around

This is a subthread about Flash and not HyperCard, though, and Flash itself has been on this subscription model prior to the introduction of Animate. For around 3 years if memory serves correct. Though truthfully, it would be most fair to just consider Animate to be a rebranding of Flash, since as far as I know it’s the same codebase.