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One important use of flash video is in ads. Many users feel these ads are too intrusive, but the industry demands them and they have near universal adoption. N
by Lazlo_Nibble 17y ago
One important use of flash video is in ads. Many users feel these ads are too intrusive, but the industry demands them and they have near universal adoption.
Near-universal adoption on the supply side is irrelevant if there's no demand on the consumption side.
- abstractbill 17y agoUsers don't "demand" ads of any sort, let alone Flash ones. Advertisers demand Flash-based ads, because they can do stuff like animation and sound, but more importantly because they can use Flash's full tcp/ip sockets to send arbitrary tracking information home (e.g. how long was the ad displayed for, any mouse-over events, browser and os information, etc).
- blasdel 17y agoYou can do the same with an embedded <iframe> sourced from your own adserver