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People talking fondly about flash are thinking of the way that it massively lowered the bar to creating interactive content on the web, ushering in an explosion
by fenomas 7y ago
People talking fondly about flash are thinking of the way that it massively lowered the bar to creating interactive content on the web, ushering in an explosion of indie games, animations, videos, etc., the like of which the internet had never seen and may never see again. The "awfulness of its implementation" (compared to what, one wonders?) is orthogonal to what people liked about it.
- sjwright 7y agoAbsolutely, Flash inspired a form of artistic communication. But it wasn’t as egalitarian as you imply—and to the extent that it was egalitarian, I suspect that was on the back of rampant software piracy. Meanwhile, plenty of treasure has been found in the smoldering ashes of a dumpster fire. Rick Astley inspired an entirely new genre of comedy. That doesn’t speak to the inherent merit of his music.