343iBot Posted January 12, 2021 Report Share Posted January 12, 2021 It's official: Flash is dead. Adobe is now blocking content made with Flash from running on browsers. On Flash's final update page, the company stated, "Since Adobe will no longer be supporting Flash Player after December 31, 2020 and Adobe will block Flash content from running in Flash Player beginning January 12, 2021, Adobe strongly recommends all users immediately uninstall Flash Player to help protect their systems." It's more accurate to say Flash has been dead since Adobe's announcement for the tool's end-of-life plans in 2017. And before that, Flash certainly was well on its way to the grave. Not a lot of websites were still using it, and HTML/CSS became pretty much the new tool kit. iOS devices also stopped officially supporting Flash, circa 2010. Steve Jobs famously hated Flash and wrote an open letter criticizing the plug-in for its reliability and security, among other things. Continue Reading at GameSpotView the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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