This whole thread illustrates why closed/proprietary software is bad for end-users.

People in here are reduced to begging a large, uninterested corporation to help stop their device's slow fading into obscurity.

If it was open source we'd have had Flash just after it was released, but instead Adobe has all the power and we have nothin to bargain with.

I say fsck Flash!

HTML5 video is on its way, and these proprietary applications have a habit of being replaced by free/open-source alternatives.

Just be patient, and in the meantime use a proxy or a flash video downloader.