Firefox 69 Will Disable Adobe Flash Plugin by Default (zdnet.com)

Posted by msmash on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @10:01AM from the flash-must-die dept.

Mozilla will take the next major step in disabling support for the Adobe Flash plugin later this year when it releases Firefox 69. From a report: Firefox 69 will be Mozilla's third last step to completely dropping support for the historically buggy plugin, which will reach end of life on December 31, 2020. Flash is the last remaining NPAPI plugin that Firefox supports. Mozilla flagged the change, spotted by Ghacks, in a new bug report that notes "we'll disable Flash by default in Nightly 69 and let that roll out". Firefox 69 stable will be released in early September, according to Mozilla's release calendar.

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Version 69 "decouples" two things by xxxJonBoyxxx · 2019-01-15 10:12 · Score: 4, Funny

Not exactly what the Internet would have expected.
Re:What about when we need Flash? by thegarbz · 2019-01-15 20:43 · Score: 4, Funny

Isolated virtual machine running Windows XP behind 3 firewalls installed only in RAM, and when you're done throw out the RAM sticks. Alternatively burn the building down. Safety first.