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Flash game sites were still huge and popular after Adobe’s purchase, so clearly it did not kill it. If you mean something like that the acquisition started the
by lelandfe 2y ago
Flash game sites were still huge and popular after Adobe’s purchase, so clearly it did not kill it. If you mean something like that the acquisition started the death… that’s a hard position to argue against, since it’s subjective. Perhaps you’re right.
- mgaunard 2y agoAdobe had competing products mostly based on open standards. They shut down many active product lines and merged what was left into Adobe AIR, which didn't take off.
- lelandfe 2y agoAIR and Silverlight and co. was a weird moment in the web’s history
- phamilton 2y agoWhen flash started to fade for games, many developers moved over to adtech where their skills were still valued. Flash continued for a few years to power ads as well as shims around other videos that would collect data and even trigger secondary ad auctions.