Flash isn't insidious about it's "cookies" just as browsers aren't insidious for allowing developers to use cookies and The Pirate Bay isn't insidious for allow

Flash isn't insidious about it's "cookies" just as browsers aren't insidious for allowing developers to use cookies and The Pirate Bay isn't insidious for allowing people to use BitTorrent... for whatever legal or illegal purposes they choose. For more examples see gun manufacturers, alcohol distributors and companies like Mozilla, Microsoft, Apple and Google.