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Adobe to End New Installs of Flash on Android as of August 15

Friday June 29, 2012 6:53 am PDT by Eric Slivka
Last November, Adobe announced that it was ending development of Flash Player for mobile platforms, opting not to optimize the plug-in for new browser, operating system, and device configurations. Adobe's announcement came roughly a year and a half after Steve Jobs penned his "Thoughts on Flash" open letter outlining why Apple had decided not to allow Flash to run on its iOS devices.

Now nearly eight months after Adobe's announcement, the company is officially pulling Flash from the Google Play marketplace for Android for new users. Those users who already have Flash installed on their Android devices will, however, be able to continue receiving updates.
Beginning August 15th we will use the configuration settings in the Google Play Store to limit continued access to Flash Player updates to only those devices that have Flash Player already installed. Devices that do not have Flash Player already installed are increasingly likely to be incompatible with Flash Player and will no longer be able to install it from the Google Play Store after August 15th.
Adobe also notes that Flash is officially not certified for use with the upcoming Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" previewed earlier this week, and users are encouraged to uninstall Flash if and when they update their Android devices to Jelly Bean.

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HarryKeogh
90 months ago
Does this mean we no longer have to hear: "No flash? Yeah, that's a deal-breaker right there." from the anti-iOS folks?

Oh well, at least they'll still have: "No removable battery? Yeah, that's a deal-breaker right there."
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Apfeldirektsaft
90 months ago
Goodbye Flash, won't miss you.
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newyorksole
90 months ago
where are all the people that said "no Flash on iOS ?! Apple is doomed !" ?
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Ryth
90 months ago
opting not to optimize the plug-in for new browser, operating system, and device configurations.

Translated to "we could not program or create a better version of our piece of sh-t program we bought off another company who bought off another company and didn't change for almost 14+ years"

Steve
Jobs
Was
Right
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nefan65
90 months ago

where are all the people that said "no Flash on iOS ?! Apple is doomed !" ?


They're in the "The SGIII is the best phone in the world, and Apple is doomed" forum.
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doobybiggs
90 months ago
hopefully this is the death of flash!!!
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Jayse
90 months ago
Good riddance...
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mentaluproar
90 months ago
Wow, early birthday gift for me!
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0815
90 months ago
Too bad Steve Jobs didn't not live long enough to get confirmation from Adobe that he was right about Flash - he got so much heat for it and now Adobe basically admits that he was right.

R.I.P. Steve
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Spanky Deluxe
90 months ago

It was inevitable I think, but a shame. Flash can do stuff like no other tech can. HTML5 is not even close.

The nest.com (http://www.nest.com/living-with-nest/) site is a recent example of how beautiful Flash can be (scroll down a bit and turn down the Thermostat on Day 2). Not on an iOS device though... whoops. I wonder if the nest designer (ex designer of the iPod/iPhone) will like that? :)


I agree, the nest.com (http://www.nest.com/living-with-nest/) site is very nice but it's not an example of how beautiful Flash can be. It's an example of how beautiful HTML5 can be. There's no Flash on the website. Sorry.
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