Comment: Seven years on from Steve Jobs’ ‘Thoughts on Flash,’ it’s time for this protocol to die<div class="feat-image">
</div><p>It’s now seven years since Steve Jobs wrote his famous <a href="
https://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
Thoughts on Flash[/url] open letter, in which he explained to Adobe the six reasons why Apple did not allow <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/flash/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Flash[/url] on iOS devices. These reasons were, in brief:</p>
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<li>It’s a proprietary product, and Apple prefers open web standards [sometimes]</li>
<li>An increasing number of websites are switching to better video formats</li>
<li>Flash has poor security, reliability and performance</li>
<li>Flash decreases battery life</li>
<li>Flash was designed for desktop, not touch</li>
<li>It’s an additional layer that holds back innovation</li>
</ul>
<p>Most of those reasons are just as valid today, security not least among them …</p>
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Comment: Seven years on from Steve Jobs’ ‘Thoughts on Flash,’ it’s time for this protocol to die
