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Flash was never a core part of the web. That was the problem: it was loosely bolted onto browsers but the company behind it didn’t understand or care about the web, spent their time inventing random new things for demos trying to get you to build on top of their platform INSTEAD of the web, and was never willing to spend time on support.

> JavaScript is not any better than Flash or ActiveX and I really don't understand why people pretend it is.

Because it is. Both of those were hard to use without crashing the browser - the primary selling point for Chrome originally was that it used process sandboxing and so when Flash crashed you wouldn’t lose every open window - whereas what we’re seeing now are complex attacks requiring considerable investment finding ways to get around the layers of precautions. It’s like saying that there’s no difference between leaving your money under the mattress and putting it in the bank because banks still get robbed.