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Flash content also sucked on Android phones. If it worked great, it would have been an obvious competitive advantage over Apple. It did not work great, though.
by snowwrestler 3y ago
Flash content also sucked on Android phones. If it worked great, it would have been an obvious competitive advantage over Apple. It did not work great, though.
Everyone remembers this letter as the cause of death for Flash, when in fact it was merely the announcement. Flash killed itself on mobile.
- didntcheck 3y agoYeah. I was an Android user from 1.5, and remember anticipating Flash for ages, being very excited when I could finally download it, then being disappointed at how poor an experience it was In fact, the fact that Flash "worked" on Android became more of a curse for users. There was a period where many big organizations had nice native iOS apps, then threw a shitty webview wrapper over the wall for Android users, and they invariably used Flash for video streaming. BBC iPlayer was the one I remember loathing the most. It was smooth and sharp (for the time) on an iPhone yet blocky and battery intensive on flagship Android phones, if it worked at all