But if you are left asking yourself, ‘Why now?’ ‘Why End of Life Flash now?’ It is because of the maturation of open-source, standards-based technologies such as HTML5, WebGL, and WebAssembly serves as an acceptable alternative for Flash content. Will the world react the way it did for Y2K on 1 January 2000? Who knows.

Was it free? (Free is my favorite four-letter “F” word, followed by food.) Yes. The year’s 2020 and the disk is full.Īt one point, was Adobe Flash Player essential to play online games, stream your favorite 90s hip hop music, or fall down YouTube’s recommendation rabbit hole? Yes. Adobe not only will cease and desist updates and security patches for Flash Player, it will block content from running it beginning on 12 January 2021. Adobe Flash Player allows users to view and stream digital content that can be downloaded from the web or used as a plug-in. After two decades of development and support, on 31 December at 11:59pm, Adobe will end support of Flash Player.

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