Flash does not outperform every aspect of the alternatives. The standard flash browser plugin can't even provide frame accurate playback, something that can be

Flash does not outperform every aspect of the alternatives. The standard flash browser plugin can't even provide frame accurate playback, something that can be done with the video tag in chrome, IE9, Safari and Firefox. It does not out perform chrome's webgl, audio API, video decoding support, except in the cross platform support it offers. The only benefit it has is that it Is common, but there can be version differences on feature support.