[meroliph]

I've jumped to the conclusions on the article and this puzzled me:

"The avalanche of media outlets offering their content for Apple’s mobile devices demonstrates that Flash is no longer necessary to watch video or consume any kind of web content."

Because media outlets are forced to make their videos available to the iPhone without being able to use Flash, this means that Flash is no longer needed?

[ROFISH]

Yes; for video-only uses, Flash is no longer needed. No doubt the avalanche is because a popular smartphone/tablet does not allow Flash, but Steve's point is that Flash is no longer needed because similar functionality can be performed in the more open HTML5.

[watty]

Wrong; Flash is still needed for DRM video (Hulu, Netflix, etc.)

[gkefalas]

Wrong, unless you mean on computers; Netflix released an iPad app that streams video on day 1, and Hulu is rumored to have one in the works as well.

[watty]

Why the down votes? Of course a native iPhone app can stream DRM video, what does this have to do w/ Flash or HTML5? Flash is still needed for DRM video on the web. Hulu can create a native Windows, iPhone, Mac, etc. app but how does that cure streaming video in the browser?

Quote from Hulu:

"We're keeping a close watch on video support in HTML5. While as developers we are always excited about cool new technology, we always analyze it from the perspective of the needs of our customers: our end users, advertisers, and content partners. To serve these customers well, we'd love to see further support in HTML5 for features including the following:

- Quality of service monitoring (e.g. detecting playback glitches)

- Advertisement playback and reporting

- Secure content delivery"

[danudey]

Netflix has a native app, and Hulu is working on one.

[alex_c]

From Apple's point of view - yes.