Your argument turns on Gruber hating Flash for being closed. He doesn't: He hates Flash because he thinks it's crap Not entirely: Let me be clear, though: the

Your argument turns on Gruber hating Flash for being closed. He doesn't: He hates Flash because he thinks it's crap Not entirely: Let me be clear, though: there is nothing wrong with playing a video in Flash. I mean that seriously, no sarcasm. What there’s something wrong with is requiring Flash Player to play video. That’s the whole point of the HTML5 <video> element: to enable web video without requiring the use of proprietary plugins. From http://daringfireball.net/2011/01/practical_vs_idealistic http://daringfireball.net/2011/01/practical_vs_idealistic