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Not allowing Flash on the iPhone is probably the best thing Apple ever did

• echelon 6y ago
  Destroying an open, low barrier to entry animation and application platform that was used by teenagers to develop and share interactive content? Destroying a way to deliver native-like, cross-platform applications without an app store was good? Jobs did it for control. He didn't want interop between Android and iPhone, and he didn't want any web browser with enough flexibility to do anything sophisticated.
  • notriddle 6y ago
    Android had Flash. It stank, and the blame for its stinkiness lies entirely on Adobe.
    • echelon 6y ago
      Better than the neck brace we wear around our throats today.
      • babypuncher 6y ago
        Better than 100% open web standards? What do you think Flash got replaced by that warrants being called a "neck brace"?
  • babypuncher 6y ago
    Flash was a dumpster fire of bad performance and security vulnerabilities. It was also a wholly proprietary platform that did great harm to the openness of the web during it's reign. It was only marginally less problematic than ActiveX.