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by guelo 3778 days ago
The real reason Flash died was not technical, it was because Steve Jobs didn't want a whole platform he didn't control running on the iPhone.
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CaptSpify 3778 days ago
well.... both really. Flash was a mess by then, but your point is also true. It would have made the app-store worthless
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Pxtl 3778 days ago
Yes. Jobs did it for control, but the fact that Flash was a bloated dumpster-fire of a platform made everybody else agree with him.
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