Also it's not like Flash has been all sunshine and daffodils on the droid. There are definitely technical reasons to keep Flash off the iDevices as Ed mentioned and maybe a little "personal/ego" reasons too. :-)
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Ed Leafe <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jul 25, 2011, at 3:43 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: > > >> Apple *chose* not to support Flash in a hissy-fit about Adobe. So > >> Apple is behaving just like Micro$oft: "Screw the consumer! Our egos > >> are most important." > > > > It would seem so. Would be interesting to hear from the Apple faithful > > on this point. > > Apple "faithful"? Seriously? Care to make your phrasing more > loaded? > > Apple made a performance choice - Flash was too resource-hungry, and > Apple had to choose between battery life or Flash, so they went with better > battery life. They did the same thing with 3G: there were no good chipsets > when the iPhone debuted, so they limited it to Edge only. I've known several > people who jailbroke their iPads to add Flash support, and every one has > said that it really sucks the battery down noticeably quicker. This isn't > something as trivial as a 'hissy fit' and ego-stroking. > > And FWIW, Apple has said that if Flash performance ever improves > that they would reconsider Flash support, but that seems highly unlikely to > happen. Everyone is moving to HTML5 and other ways of supporting web video, > and Adobe seems content to leave Flash as is. > > Finally, note how the consumers have voted with their dollars. You > may not like Apple, or, as it seems, despise them to the point of likening > them to a cult, but they do seem to know what they're doing. > > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CACKyguVQFd1b9XEuqtpL-eaFDzr6KHw60BADA8KMF=bqzfy...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
