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DRM is not the reason youtube uses flash, browser support and feature usage. HTML5 video APIs are still frustrating to use compared to flash's pretty well built
by rtpg 12y ago
DRM is not the reason youtube uses flash, browser support and feature usage. HTML5 video APIs are still frustrating to use compared to flash's pretty well built-out mechanisms.
- eleusive 12y agoAdvertisers also love to serve video ads on a flash platform because it lets them perform custom analytics, logic, etc.
- psykovsky 12y agoAnd don't forget the part where flash is a backdoor to users computers. It can bypass proxies and give them your real IP, and I'm not sure even google will want that to go away.