Platform-discontinuation historical analogues — Apple iWeb (2011), Adobe Muse (2020), AppDrag (2025)
Created 2026-06-23
Summary
Claim: Hosted-builder discontinuations form a recurring pattern: Apple iWeb (2011), Adobe Muse (2020), AppDrag (2025), Weebly (2025 wind-down — Weebly wind-down under Square (2025) — frozen features, removed mobile app, users report 100s of hours of manual re-entry).
Source: Vendor announcements; industry-consensus.
Confidence: Verified / Industry-consensus.
Why this matters for Candid: The category has a 15-year track record of vendor exits — this is structural, not a Weebly-specific quirk. Useful framing for any client comparing self-hosted to fully-hosted approaches; pair with DIY-builder exit triggers — customization ceiling, SEO control, performance, data portability, forced migration for customer-initiated exits.