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by k__ 4208 days ago
It's about design.

The post also states that Flash was "freedom", which it was only in a design sens.
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sosuke 4208 days ago
It was a freedom in programming too, JavaScript was/is still buggy from browser to browser and with Flash using ActionScript you could code once and run confidently in any browser with the plugin.
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