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by memetichazard 5632 days ago
Can't drop something you didn't have in the first place.

As many have argued, it's disingenuous to treat Flash and the H.264 as being equal in this argument. One of these would be implemented into the browser rather than a plugin. One of these would incur a royalty cost. One of these has viable alternatives.

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From http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/25/google-chrome-flash/

Google Chrome Now Comes With Flash Built In

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View Comments Robin Wauters Jun 25, 2010

Last March, Adobe and Google jointly announced that Flash Player would soon come built in to the latter’s Chrome browser, eliminating the need for users to download, install and update it separately.