Forgetting that there is a ton of popular flash content on the web? Outside the developer community, people don't care about how the content they're interested

Forgetting that there is a ton of popular flash content on the web? Outside the developer community, people don't care about how the content they're interested in is delivered, they just want access. It isn't hard to criticize the implementation of flash on mobiles, but there are obviously strong arguments for including it on a platform. It's clearly a LOT more than an 'extra checkbox'.