In such a hypothetical scenario, Adobe would also be screwed. Flash reconciles various needs, from indy creatives to high-budget publishers to ordinary consume

In such a hypothetical scenario, Adobe would also be screwed. Flash reconciles various needs, from indy creatives to high-budget publishers to ordinary consumers to videographers to anyone seeking a means to communicate their beyond-text ideas to an audience. Reconciliation of all these interests is a difficult task. If Adobe were to mess over any of these constituencies, Adobe would pay the price. Who paid the price for HTML4's confusion over OBJECT and EMBED tags? The responsibility was not as direct.