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> It’s not competitive advantage, it’s strategy It's 100% competitive advantage. The main driver of Apple's lack of support for Flash was to damage the web's a
by Mindwipe 6y ago
> It’s not competitive advantage, it’s strategy
It's 100% competitive advantage. The main driver of Apple's lack of support for Flash was to damage the web's ability to distribute DRMed video and force it into apps on iOS, where Apple could rent seek a 30% commission from subscription fees.
- lotsofpulp 6y agoSomeone correct me if I’m wrong, but I think the App Store was not even around for the first iPhone. Perhaps the decision to not include flash could have been due to performance/battery?
- eecc 6y agoPrecisely. Jobs didn’t want to be at the mercy of anyone else’s priority, strategies or convenience. Remember: Adobe was dragging its feet on MacOS because why bother, Windows PC is the market, iPhone was mostly welcomed as a “won’t fly” and Flash for iOS would have been another drama of unfixed vuls, shoddy performance and battery drain. (I guess everyone forgot or wasn't still around, reminder: https://www.extremetech.com/computing/134551-why-flash-failed-on-android-and-what-it-means-for-adobe https://www.extremetech.com/computing/134551-why-flash-faile...) Not unreasonable to imagine Google making Chrome engine prio 1 on Android and “perhaps later” on iOS. You can imagine how well Jobs took that.
- briandear 6y agoNonsense. There is extensive writing on the subject including internal memos from Steve Jobs on Flash — and you are 100% incorrect.
- eecc 6y agoCan you elaborate and link to sources plz?