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Next time you use some proprietary technology because you don't care about open source values, think about that: "and it will block Flash content from running

Next time you use some proprietary technology because you don't care about open source values, think about that: "and it will block Flash content from running on January 12th, 2021." This is a good example of the lack of respect tech companies have for their users! After so many years, you learn suddenly that in 1 month of time you will not be able to open existing content anymore. I would have understood if they had only EOL it and also displayed a warning of obsolescence and risk alert for someone using the plugin that will not be updated anymore. But imagine the huge amount of content already existing that is lost forever? Even worse, if you had created some yourselves and would not be able to see it anymore. Imagine one day Microsoft saying that they are deprecating Office documents (docx, xlsx) as now everything will be done online with office365 and so existing office installation will be remotely disabled to not be able to open documents anymore in 1 month...

jasonwatkinspdx 6y ago
This EOL was announced three years ago. The notifications you're wanting have been present in most browsers nearly that long.
- greatgib 6y ago
  The EOL yes, but not that they will do an update to lock any existing player.
hamandcheese 6y ago
If flash won’t be getting security patches, disabling it completely is the most responsible thing to do. Otherwise, users will be taught to ignore the warnings.
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- kevincox 6y ago
  But for cases where you trust the site that you are on and it is delivered via a secure connection I should be able to decide that I want to give that site access to my computer.
  - hamandcheese 6y ago
    If you are so inclined, you can load up an old version of flash/browser in a VM. Think of it as an extra-hard mode of granting approval for Flash to run.
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chrisan 6y ago
Not that I disagree with your sentiment, but couldn't you download an older version of the flash player with an older firefox that doesn't have the autodisable baked in should you need to access something?

jasonwatkinspdx 6y ago

This EOL was announced three years ago. The notifications you're wanting have been present in most browsers nearly that long.

greatgib 6y ago
The EOL yes, but not that they will do an update to lock any existing player.

hamandcheese 6y ago

If flash won’t be getting security patches, disabling it completely is the most responsible thing to do. Otherwise, users will be taught to ignore the warnings.

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kevincox 6y ago
But for cases where you trust the site that you are on and it is delivered via a secure connection I should be able to decide that I want to give that site access to my computer.
- hamandcheese 6y ago
  If you are so inclined, you can load up an old version of flash/browser in a VM. Think of it as an extra-hard mode of granting approval for Flash to run.

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chrisan 6y ago

Not that I disagree with your sentiment, but couldn't you download an older version of the flash player with an older firefox that doesn't have the autodisable baked in should you need to access something?