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Flash filled a need to install software in a single click, which the web browser made possible. Flash unironically became so widespread because Microsoft droppe

Flash filled a need to install software in a single click, which the web browser made possible. Flash unironically became so widespread because Microsoft dropped the ball in OS development.

Bluestein 2y ago
"Silverlight", anyone?
- Qwertious 2y ago
  The ball Microsoft dropped was in Windows' lack of package manager. Silverlight was an unrelated event, namely Microsoft's me-too attempt at Flash.