Thread: Steve Jobs' open letter about Adobe Flash
View Single Post
Sopwith's Avatar
Sopwith is offline Sopwith
2010-09-18 , 17:54
Posts: 337 | Thanked: 283 times | Joined on Nov 2009 @ NYC
#113
Originally Posted by wmarone View Post
And it doesn't excuse any of them. Well, Java maybe because it's actually not wholly proprietary.


It's also an entirely new field, seeing as how it's only been in the last 3 years that people have seriously pursued doing as such.


But they do require I use their proprietary software, and if they suddenly decide to not support my system for whatever reason, I'm instantly locked out with zero recourse.
Excuse me for jumping into your argument, but aren't you discussing two different albeit related things: whether Flash is good for users, and whether it is good for developers. The reason you're locked out of half the Internet and feel forced to use the proprietary Flash is because developers have chosen to use it. So when you want to drive Flash out, you want to dictate to the developers what tools they should use. Well, I say, you can do that only by choosing websites developed with the tools you prefer. But you should also be able to accept that other end users may choose differently, and thus Flash may survive longer than you want.

It would have been so much more convenient if we all thought exactly the same, wouldn't it?
__________________
In anticipation of TMO's obsolescence, and hoping to meet you all again: elsewhere on the interwebs, I am Dr Doppio.
 

The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Sopwith For This Useful Post: