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Adobe Stops Flash Player Support For Android
New submitter Craefter writes "Adobe has finally seen the same light Steve Jobs did in 2010 and is now committed to putting mobile Flash player in the history books as soon as possible. Adobe will not develop and test Flash player for Android 4.1 and will now focus on a PC browsing and apps. In a blog post, they wrote, 'Devices that don’t have the Flash Player provided by the manufacturer typically are uncertified, meaning the manufacturer has not completed the certification testing requirements. In many cases users of uncertified devices have been able to download the Flash Player from the Google Play Store, and in most cases it worked. However, with Android 4.1 this is no longer going to be the case, as we have not continued developing and testing Flash Player for this new version of Android and its available browser options. There will be no certified implementations of Flash Player for Android 4.1. Beginning August 15th we will use the configuration settings in the Google Play Store to limit continued access to Flash Player updates to only those devices that have Flash Player already installed. Devices that do not have Flash Player already installed are increasingly likely to be incompatible with Flash Player and will no longer be able to install it from the Google Play Store after August 15th.'"
In summary, "We have too many customers, too much market share, and wholly believe that's a bad thing, especially in light of the looming competition from open standards such as HTML5."
Get a proper job?
A bony skeletal hand reaches out from a grave and chokes the life out of Flash.
At a guess, they've drafted all the former Linux & Android Flash devs to work full time on trying to patch the Windows version roughly as fast as new vulnerabilities are being discovered.
Power Point (tm) of course!
So why does Adobe hate Windows so much? Is it some kind of evil plan for sabotage that they're going to keep supporting Flash on Windows?
My guess is they're in cahoots with the malware suppliers who rely on Flash. These must have grown tired of trying to find easy ways into Linux, Android, or iOS, and want to limit their future efforts to the low-hanging fruits in Windows (and maybe OSX).
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire
...I used to mail them a "FYI" so they could improve...
Dear Sir/Madam:
I am an anonymous angry person on the internet. I don't judge restaurants by the food or quality of service, but rather how much money they pay someone to make a website on their behalf. Your website has buttons, and I don't like the software you used to make those buttons. Since you so obviously have poor decision making skills, I will not be eating at your establishment. The risk of choking on my food in a fit of hyperbolic rage is just too high. In the future, if you would like angry anonymous internet users to patronize your restaurant, I highly recommend changing service providers.
Hugs and Kisses,
Anonymous Coward