Ok so far as I can tell the Flash debates brings two sites up alot, Hulu and this Farmville? Sorry don't even know what that is. Must be some kids game. Anyhow I read a post about how you can't use sites like ESPN, NYT, CNN etc... Well that is all good and true, but the missing bit of info these people overlook is the fact that ESPN, NYT and nearly every major news outlet has built an app to deliver their content. If Hulu steps up and has an app, exactly what are we missing?
You can cry the blues all day long but there is an absolute ton of apps for FREE, or so cheap it's pathetic. I personally would much rather pay .99 cents and have it a native app vs relying on a connection to access web/flash based content. I get kids want everything free and handed to them, but with the largest video site already converting and making HTML5 content available, Youtube will set the standard that other video sites will follow. Flash maybe here to stay for a while, but having an alternate "open" option is here with HTML5.
The best part of it all, the very same people trying to say how great flash is are usually the linux, andriod crowd saying how evil and closed the iPhone OS. You really need to look in the mirror because Flash is about as closed as it gets, and a hellva long ways from FREE to the developers who pay thru the nose for the dev tools they must have to build content.
You can blame Apple all you like, Adobe jumped in bed with MS a long time ago, so Apple as well as Mozilla who recently dumped flash from it's mobile platform clearly are the red headed step children here. Adobe simply done't want to take the time to build a better mousetrap when all the MS users don't complain about performance because they already have a computer bogged down with other issues to even notice how badly it performs.
Why do Apple fanboys think that just because Apple doesn't like Adobe, that Adobe is somehow in bed with Microsoft. This whole PC vs MAC thing needs to die. I think the MAC vs PC ads are childish and immature.
Secondly, I can understand that Flash isn't doing too well on Mac OS X, Flash runs great on my PCs. The reason for this is that the Apple dev team didn't want to give Adobe access to hardware API's, like Microsoft or other major Linux distributions do. You can't expect Adobe to use R&D and split development just for Apple.
The problem is, Apple is the child in this war. They are stepping to a war that they
cannot win. They simply do not have the marketshare. I am not asking for
flash to be forced upon you, make it a browser option. Set the default to NO flash so that the grandmas and grandpas don't worry.
I am saddened, that innovation is being hindered by censorship and control on the part of Apple. This will be my last post unless someone says something completely fanboyish.
I guess this is just the philosophy of Apple, and it's their business model. Control everything so quality remains high. I applaud Microsoft and other Linux distributions from not controlling everything and letting us have the option. Sure quality will suffer, but only for those who
don't know what they're doing. I just wished Apple would compromise and give the user some options.
I agree with the App store and it's policies, for a mobile device like the iPhone and iPad control quality is key. App store has fostered great innovation. However, limiting flash on a mobile device like the iPad? ugh. wasted potential!
