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Steve Jobs would be thrilled -- Adobe will pull the plug on Flash by 2020
Published July 26, 2017
The end is nigh for Adobe's Flash software.
After years of disdain from consumers, former Apple CEO Steve Jobs and many in
the tech industry, Adobe has finally decided to kill its Flash software,
removing support by the end of 2020.
Web browsers Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Safari have all blocked Flash in the
past year and new open formats, such as HTML5, WebGL and WebAssembly have ably
fulfilled the role of Flash.
"Specifically, we will stop updating and distributing the Flash Player at the
end of 2020 and encourage content creators to migrate any existing Flash
content to these new open formats," Adobe wrote in a blog post Tuesday, making
the announcement.
Flash is still widely used in a number of games, education and video sites, so
Adobe will work with its partners to continue supporting the technology over
the next few years.
"We remain fully committed to working with partners, including Apple, Facebook,
Google, Microsoft and Mozilla to maintain the security and compatibility of
Flash content," Adobe added when making the announcement. "In addition, we plan
to move more aggressively to [end of life] Flash in certain geographies where
unlicensed and outdated versions of Flash Player are being distributed."
Adobe's partners all made comments about the end of Flash. Tech Apple's
longstanding disdain for the technology is well documented.
"iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch never supported Flash," Apple said in a
statement. "For the Mac, the transition from Flash began in 2010 when Flash was
no longer pre-installed. Today, if users install Flash, it remains off by
default. Safari requires explicit approval on each website before running the
Flash plugin."
Prior to his death, Jobs repeatedly expressed his dislike for Flash, even going
so far as to write a letter about the software's shortcomings.
"New open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win on
mobile devices (and PCs too)," Jobs wrote in the April 2010 letter. "Perhaps
Adobe should focus more on creating great HTML5 tools for the future, and less
on criticizing Apple for leaving the past behind."
