Adobe Flash Player support on iPhone, iPad?
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Since you chose to buy an Apple product aren't you, in fact, accepting what Apple offers in said product? Aren't you accepting whatever device it is and whatever peripherals/software/third-party apps, etc. Apple deems it will support? Since you consciously chose to buy that Apple product, this argument seems a little off base. If you, with conscious and cognitive thought, purchased an Apple product and then complain about its limitations - well you either didn't research it before buying or it's bad consumer behavior. Would you buy a car knowing it would never go over 55mph and then complain about always being stuck in the slow lane on the interstate? I mean - you knew what you were getting into before buying it. 95% of people that buy an iDevice know it doesn't support Flash. The other 5% don't care if it does or not. Since Oct 14-16 was the biggest launch weekend for an iPhone launch to date - I'd say the debate about whether or not the iPhone needs Flash can finally be settled. It just doesn't. Are there sites that have components that don't work properly on iDevices. Sure. Is it enough to keep millions of people from buying them? Nope. So don't sit here and wax poetically about how Apple doesn't do this and that, but should, when you - along with millions of others - have knowingly purchased those devices anyway. If you don't like what Apple does then stop buying their products. That's a much better point to make than endless yammering on an internet forum.
You can decide to buy an iPhone for various reasons, weighing the pros and cons and make a great choose to buy it and you can still be valid in coming to an iPhone forum and complain that Apple refusing to make flash work. It's not mutually exclusive.
This is a discussion forum after all. Whether you think flash is required or not many people wish Apple had it. Yes it's old and on its way out. But not yet, transitions are slow and as a result these first few years of iPhones /iPods / iPads should have flash support for a better experience period.
This is a discussion forum after all. Whether you think flash is required or not many people wish Apple had it. Yes it's old and on its way out. But not yet, transitions are slow and as a result these first few years of iPhones /iPods / iPads should have flash support for a better experience period.
I agree that people have a right to point out shortcomings of a product they've purchased. Nothing's perfect.
But if the first few generations of ios devices had flash support, then there wouldn't be anywhere near the adoption rate of HTML 5 or even the app store there has been in the last few years. That's why I am willing to do without flash: to force web developers to ditch it in favor of better solutions.
But if the first few generations of ios devices had flash support, then there wouldn't be anywhere near the adoption rate of HTML 5 or even the app store there has been in the last few years. That's why I am willing to do without flash: to force web developers to ditch it in favor of better solutions.
Let me clarify. It's not the mentioning that Apple doesn't permit flash as a drawback that is an issue. I agree (and have stated before) that dissenting opinions are healthy and welcome. I complained myself when the original iPhone couldn't send a picture message. But I made my complaint and moved on. It's the continued railing on the same subject without making further valid and interesting points that becomes an issue. That's all I'm saying.
IDevices will never ever get flash as far I'm concerned it doesn't matter who is CEO. And to add the fact that flash support is a software thing it's not likely that the iPad 3 would get it anyways unless it happened to come a new version of iOS.
There are some alternative browsers that will let you access most flash content.
However, if you want full support, you should probably go with an Android tablet.
Sent from my iOS ecosystem!
However, if you want full support, you should probably go with an Android tablet.
Sent from my iOS ecosystem!
If Apple allowed flash to run on iDevices, then developers wouldn't develop separate apps, post them into iTunes and Apple wouldn't make any money from the software. Apple controls all the apps in the app store. Eg. Facebook's bejewelled. Play it via the browser and flash for free. (Android). Buy the app and play it on iDevice, 69p Apple make money as do the bejewelled people. That in a nutshell is why flash will never appear on iDevices.
Don't ape have an interest in Adobe?
hehehe
andy x
Don't ape have an interest in Adobe?
heheheandy x
If Apple allowed flash to run on iDevices, then developers wouldn't develop separate apps, post them into iTunes and Apple wouldn't make any money from the software. Apple controls all the apps in the app store. Eg. Facebook's bejewelled. Play it via the browser and flash for free. (Android). Buy the app and play it on iDevice, 69p Apple make money as do the bejewelled people. That in a nutshell is why flash will never appear on iDevices.
Don't ape have an interest in Adobe? hehehe
andy x
Don't ape have an interest in Adobe?
heheheandy x
Opinion NOT fact.If Apple allowed flash to run on iDevices, then developers wouldn't develop separate apps, post them into iTunes and Apple wouldn't make any money from the software. Apple controls all the apps in the app store. Eg. Facebook's bejewelled. Play it via the browser and flash for free. (Android). Buy the app and play it on iDevice, 69p Apple make money as do the bejewelled people. That in a nutshell is why flash will never appear on iDevices.
Don't ape have an interest in Adobe?
andy x
Arr, but isn't Apple rather good at patching these? see update 4.3.4 - 4.3.4 jailbreakme.com
So while this may be a factor, 'I THINK' the app store solution may be truer.....?
So while this may be a factor, 'I THINK' the app store solution may be truer.....?
At the end of the day flash doesn't even run very well on my droid x2 so I don't use it then and don't miss it on my iDevices.