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Killing browser plugins was the right decision; besides the poor performance and responsive design, they were a security nightmare with hundreds of unpatched is
by Pikamander2 3y ago
Killing browser plugins was the right decision; besides the poor performance and responsive design, they were a security nightmare with hundreds of unpatched issues. It can't be understated just how much safer visiting a random webpage is these days versus a decade or two ago.
I loathe Apple, but their influence in killing plugins will go down as one of the most important steps forward in web development history.
The only sad part is how many AS3 and Silverlight games just kinda disappeared into the void.
- pjmlp 3y agoBetter not have WebGL and WebGPU enabled, and hyperthreading disabled.
- hipjiveguy 3y agoAnd browser extensions are better? I find so many people install browser extensions, not caring about the permissions, or even know if they're doing it, lol... way way more than they should. At least a company like Adobe that is well known, and would somewhat care about privacy/being hacked/etc, would be in the public eye. The real argument Steve Jobs should've forced was make it work for mobile. But that wasn't what he wanted - Flash was "free content/games", so he attacked it on one front, but won two. Sadly, Adobe didn't quite listen to the public, and he was charismatic and forceful, and won. Since Flash has been banished, so many artists and developers have wanted something that fit that middle ground as much as Flash did. Me too :D