Thoughts on Flash

Thoughts on flash
by timdaub.eth12379 🥝 • 3y • archive.org
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Apple's 2010 open letter "Thoughts on Flash," attributed to Steve Jobs, explains why Flash is not allowed on iPhones, iPods and iPads, arguing that the decision rests on technical grounds rather than business ones. The letter says Flash is proprietary and closed, while HTML5, CSS and JavaScript are open standards. It cites Flash's security record, its poor performance on mobile devices, and its shorter battery life for video, where software decoding plays under 5 hours versus up to 10 hours with H.264. It also argues that a third-party cross-platform layer would hold back developers from Apple's platform innovations.

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New open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win on mobile devices (and PCs too).

I guess he was wrong
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