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> Because of Steve Jobs If one man, on a whim, could destroy Flash then Flash deserved to die. > And for what For a royalty free platform that everyone is fr

by zfg 2y ago

> Because of Steve Jobs If one man, on a whim, could destroy Flash then Flash deserved to die. > And for what For a royalty free platform that everyone is free to implement. No one wanted to be beholden to a proprietary platform they'd have to license from Adobe.

pjmlp 2y ago
That man closed the Apple ecosystem doors on Flash, naturally he was not alone, he had an horde of followers. It remains to be seen how much royalty free Chrome remains, Web is now ChromeOS, with exception of a little Gaulish village called iOS.
- zfg 2y ago
  > That man closed the Apple ecosystem doors on Flash Which is exactly the point, isn't it. Adobe's business model around Flash was so fragile that he could do it. He couldn't do it to the web.
  - pjmlp 2y ago
    Ever heard about all those ChromeOS features that Safari is not supporting and how PWAs are a failure? How is that WebGL 2.0 experience going on iOS? Ever wondered why after a decade there is hardly any WebGL game that can match any serious game done with OpenGL ES.3.0 on mobile phones, starting with the famous Infinity Blade?
    - zfg 2y ago
      And this explains why Flash is dead? WebAssembly lives on. Embrace him. WebGPU will make you happier.
      - pjmlp 2y ago
        Provided I am using Chrome.....
        zfg 2y ago
        Firefox will have WebGPU this year. Safari too probably.
        pjmlp 2y ago
        Better wait while seating. Firefox is at the edge of irrelevance and Safari barely supports WebGL 2.0.
        zfg 2y ago
        Okay, let's have a race. I bet we'll see WebGPU released in Firefox and Safari before we see Flash becoming relevant again.
        pjmlp 2y ago
        Of course it won't be relevant again, that is not the point.
        zfg 2y ago
        It very much is the point. Flash died. The web lives on.