I finally removed Java from all of my machines recently, when it had its most recent major security flaw, for the same reason, though at least Oracle has the decency to provide a checkbox you can uncheck (it is checked by default, however, which is bad enough).
I guess the repeated security issues, and the fact that the only security exploit I've dealt with on any of my personal machines in a decade was due to Java about a year ago, also contributed to the anger and subsequent removal. I am on the verge of making the same choice for Flash. I think I've finally convinced YouTube to always serve me the HTML5 version of videos, anyway...not sure what else I'd lose. Might be worth a try. Especially since the worst advertising offenders (autoplay looping video ads with sound on at the bottom of the page) are always Flash. My web browsing experience would probably actually improve...
Soundcloud works without flash. I uninstalled flash a long time ago and I have no regrets. Youtube works fine with the addition of an extension that forces it to play in html5.
I guess the repeated security issues, and the fact that the only security exploit I've dealt with on any of my personal machines in a decade was due to Java about a year ago, also contributed to the anger and subsequent removal. I am on the verge of making the same choice for Flash. I think I've finally convinced YouTube to always serve me the HTML5 version of videos, anyway...not sure what else I'd lose. Might be worth a try. Especially since the worst advertising offenders (autoplay looping video ads with sound on at the bottom of the page) are always Flash. My web browsing experience would probably actually improve...
Hmm...does Soundcloud use Flash?