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The fact that Google owns the most popular flash site on the internet (YouTube), probably helped with their decision to include Flash.
by streeter 15y ago
The fact that Google owns the most popular flash site on the internet (YouTube), probably helped with their decision to include Flash.
- esrauch 15y agoI assume the chromebooks support html5 video, which youtube also supports. Apple was able to have iPhones still work with youtube without supporting flash, so Google could have found a similar workaround even without including html5 video tags.
- streeter 15y agoThough the iPhone uses a YouTube app, which isn't the web. The allure of the Chromebook is that it can play the whole web, and YouTube is a big part of that. YouTube does have html5 video, but it is still in beta and isn't available for all videos. And it is opt-in. In addition, with the focus on enterprise and education, I believe that Chromebooks had to support flash as a requirement.