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As the currently-most-upvoted hater, I kind of agree. Flash was fantastic back in the day. I played many games and movies that way, and was thusly enriched.
by notacoward 9y ago
As the currently-most-upvoted hater, I kind of agree. Flash was fantastic back in the day. I played many games and movies that way, and was thusly enriched. But the Sega Genesis was also great in its day. So was the vinyl record. Those days are gone. Flash has accrued negatives, which now outweigh the positives.
- xupybd 9y agoSega has emulators, vinyl record players still exist. Open sourcing flash doesn't mean it will stay mainstream, it probably shouldn't. But there is valuable flash content. If they kill flash and don't open source it, the only way to run flash will be on old browsers possible in old operating systems. This will put a big burden on businesses requiring old flash apps.
- notacoward 9y agoFlash has emulators too. I think you just made my point.
- xupybd 9y agoActually if there is a good emulator, I'm happy.
- slantyyz 9y ago>> This will put a big burden on businesses requiring old flash apps. And also consumers who may have devices like webcams that require flash to view the video feeds from a browser.
- fenomas 9y agoIf Sega suddenly open-sourced the Genesis hardware, all it would do is make the emulators better. It wouldn't make people start writing new Genesis games, or whatever it is you're worried about happening here. Whatever negatives there are to Flash, they would not be affected in any way by the player becoming open sourced.