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I used to hate on Flash in favor of the grand unifying standard that was HTML5 and JavaScript. Turns out we just exchanged one monopoly by another. And Flash ac

I used to hate on Flash in favor of the grand unifying standard that was HTML5 and JavaScript. Turns out we just exchanged one monopoly by another. And Flash actually enabled artists to do games and shit, as opposed to the idiosyncratic HTML/CSS scene graph attempts, canvas, WebGL, and audio/video sync crap still not matching Flash. Certainly, the web with Flash was more creative and fun.

echelon 6y ago
We lost Flash because Steve Jobs didn't want another platform ruining his vice grip over iPhone. The battery life "issue" could have been fixed in short order. Flash was light years better than the HTML + JS platypus we have today.
- zepto 6y ago
  > We lost Flash because Steve Jobs didn't want another platform ruining his vice grip over iPhone. The battery life "issue" could have been fixed in short order. Flash is notorious for being riddled with security holes. Also none of the flash content was designed for touch and so it produced a garbage user experience. Jobs was right not to support it.
  - echelon 6y ago
    All of those were easy problems. Jobs didn't want anybody to be king of his castle. We're all lowly jesters on iPhone.