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> Adobe were very quick to publicly criticize Apple for not supporting Flash in iOS, and Apple were very quick to respond with equally stern comments. It shoul
by tomlin 15y ago
> Adobe were very quick to publicly criticize Apple for not supporting Flash in iOS, and Apple were very quick to respond with equally stern comments.
It should be right vs. wrong, not "I have an iPad, so therefore..." The vs. narrative is ridiculous because both companies muddy up the facts. How can you be on either company's side?
Both sides mask intentions and facts. Adobe isn't for any particular user's innovation. And Apple is not for open, web-based apps. Try and upload an image or file from your iPhone from Safari. See how the standardized file input doesn't work? Not exactly enticing me to create a web-based app for the iOS.
When you come to defend Adobe and Apple based on their false intentions, you just further falsify the industry as a whole. Dissension is the highest form of patriotism. It's okay to be critical when it's appropriate.
- tomelders 15y agoI have my own opinion on Flash, but I don't think I was defending one or the other in that comment. The point was, it was absolutely an Adobe vs Apple battle of wills scenario. We can debate wether the "vs" mentality was right or wrong, but that doesn't change the fact that Apple and Adobe went head to head, very publicly, over this issue. And Apple won, I don't see any other realistic or pragmatic way to call it.