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I don't know if that's a smart move from Google. It would be a good thing for Google to have users frustrated with Flash websites that don't work in iOS. Now t
by jvandenbroeck 15y ago
I don't know if that's a smart move from Google.
It would be a good thing for Google to have users frustrated with Flash websites that don't work in iOS. Now they are helping Apple giving users a great experience on iOS?
- skarayan 15y agoI don't think that this is about Apple. It is about web standards and pushing for a uniform web.
- jvandenbroeck 15y agoGood point, but pushing web standards if it hurts your business case isn't smart. Standards & nice things for developers aren't always in the best interest of companies. Apple doesn't want users to be able to create iOS Apps with Adobe's software -- because these Apps would run on every device and that would destroy their competitive advantage. Software independent of hardware was a great invention, allowing Microsoft to earn buckets of $$$ -- but that wasn't in the best interest of IBM. They had to change their focus from hardware to services to survive. I think there was an interesting post about these kind of mechanisms on http://www.joelonsoftware.com/ http://www.joelonsoftware.com/ but I can't find it anymore.
- gsmaverick 15y agoI believe their primary incentive is to easily convert flash ads for their advertising partners to HTML5 so they can be displayed on mobile as well.
- Matthew_Fabb 15y agoAs the above comment points out, this mainly works for Flash 5 content, so we are looking at mainly simple animations. The way I see it is that this is all about Flash-like banner ads onto iOS, which is an area that Google makes a huge amount of money from.
- nl 15y agoAnything that makes the web better is a win for Google. This isn't a zero-sum game. Apple doesn't need to lose for Google to win.