I've seen posts online (mainly on the bird site) that suggests that Deviantart may be on its way out. I do think some of it is fearmongering, since the evidence that they bring up is based off of old information (the admittedly awful mobile app was discontinued in 2023 for example). Though the recent download limits are alarming, it's honestly not surprising since they've been steadily locking stuff behind a paywall for some time. They've also made other decisions recently that have been baffling but definitely not surprising considering their previous track record, like discontinuing notes and their site becoming more and more broken with each major update.

That being said, I've actually been in the mindset of DA dying for some time. And with what happened with Amino recently, I can understand the panic. But the signs were showing a while ago, it doesn't necessarily mean that it will disappear randomly one day. At least I don't think so. But this is a great reminder to back up anything that you have on there if you hadn't already, just in case it'll happen sooner or later. It's good practice to have regardless.

Between their increasingly asinine updates and them deleting random accounts due to technical issues, including my own (despite leaving ai art of illegal things untouched and running rampant), I'm ultimately glad I made the move to sheezyart. If (or when) Deviantart does meet its demise, I hope the DA veterans will consider coming here especially once the rebuild rolls out.