Thread: Adobe Flash Player 10: When will the update arrive? Is it coming at all?
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2010-05-28 , 05:23
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Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
But-- but-- being "one entity controlling the source and dominating" is exactly what Apple is trying to do by squeezing Adobe out!

This is a no-brainer to me. Apple is trying to create an exclusive neighborhood where they have discretion over who gets in and what gets done. Adobe on the other hand plays very nicely in an inclusive world where exclusivity is in the hands of the individual. Don't like Flash? Simple: don't install the plugin, or use a Flash-blocker. In Apple's inverted version of reality, you don't have that freedom. THEY made the decision for you.

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Everything is evil by degree. I'll take Adobe's evil or Apple's any day.
Newsflash!! They are doing so on their platform and not the web. Plus, they possibly can't control the media on the internet because of H.264 now, can they?

And how hard is exactly not to buy apple then? Let them create an exclusive/closed down neighborhood for all they want. If people/companies don't like it. They won't buy it or move away eventually. I know of enough iPhone to Android converts who wanted to escape Jobso's playground.

As for flash, it is nothing more than a necessary evil.
And what the heck is "Adobe plays very nicely?" Their platform is bloated beyond belief and struggles to get decent performance almost anywhere without beefy hardware specs. Adobe has been unbelievably lazy about Flash player for the Linux platform?? Care to venture a guess why that would be? To me a crappy add-on option is no better than no option.

If you browse the Adobe forums, You will find one class of users who are in the same boat as the N900 users. the Htc HD2 users. Apparently, they were shown a 10.1 demo video too, saying its coming soon. Later it got canned and Adobe's official response was that its not possible cause they mere missing critical APIs in the OS.. Oh Noezzz

Sure, flash may be capable of great & equal performance some day on all platforms. But I'm not sending a bouquet of roses to Adobe till they keep sitting on their asses.

Almost forgot. To me Apple and Adobe are both evil in their own regards. Who is more evil depends on purely what one's expectations are and their requirements.

Complaining about Apple making choices for you as a bad thing when you knowingly buy their products, is the same as that silly thread complaining about the N900 letting people install from Extras-devel.