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Twitch Is Ditching Flash For HTML5, Just Like YouTube

Posted by samzenpus on from the getting-an-upgrade dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Twitch is becoming the latest to transition from Adobe Flash to HTML5. Twitch will start to release its HTML5-based video player controls slowly and in small increments. The video underneath the controls will still be powered by Flash for now. Twitch says this is "an important step to releasing the much-anticipated full HTML5 player" and to "stay tuned for more HTML5 updates."

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  1. Why are websites dragging their feet on this? by ZorinLynx · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Heck, even many websites that still require Flash for desktop browsers will happily send HTML5 video to mobile browsers.

    For example, the BBC. You go to videos on BBC and it says "Plugin required", so I go up and change my User Agent to iPad, and *WHAM*, the video plays using HTML5 without a problem.

    THE CODE IS ALREADY DONE!!!! Why don't they just throw the switch?

    1. Re:Why are websites dragging their feet on this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Because Flash supports better "supercookies" and user tracking, especially across domains when the embedded Flash content is sourced from a common advertising provider.

      Follow the money. The money is always the answer.