What did Steve Jobs say about Flash?
In a letter posted this morning on Apple’s website, Jobs said Flash is unreliable, outdated and proprietary, and criticized the program for sapping battery power, failing to support touch-based devices and having technical and security drawbacks.
Why are they killing Flash?
The Problems with Flash It didn’t take long for Flash to join other browser plugins like ActiveX and Java in being labeled a security risk. Try as it could, Adobe couldn’t fix Flash, so in 2017, the company decided to cease development and kill Flash entirely by the end of 2020.
When did Apple stop supporting Flash?
In 2010, when Apple stopped installing Flash on Macs by default, then-CEO Steve Jobs wrote an open letter decrying the technology and the way Adobe chose to support it as justification for the then-controversial change in strategy at Apple.
Did Steve Jobs Hate Flash?
Steve Jobs hated Flash. Hated it. And not just a little bit. “Flash is a spaghetti-ball piece of technology that has lousy performance and really bad security problems,” he said, according to biographer Walter Isaacson in his book published earlier this month.
Why did Steve Jobs ban Flash?
In his lengthy open letter titled Thoughts on Flash, Mr Jobs said the reason Apple did not want people to use Adobe’s automatic translation tools was because experience had shown it results in “sub-standard apps”.
Does Apple hate Adobe?
It all seems like ancient history now, but it really wasn’t all that long ago that Apple and Adobe were engaged a very public and extremely bitter dispute stemming from Apple’s refusal to support Flash on the iPhone.
Is Flash Player going away?
Adobe Flash Player EOL General Information Page. Since Adobe no longer supports Flash Player after December 31, 2020 and blocked 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.
Why did Steve Jobs ban flash?