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Re:Ask HN: Are there things that Flash did that we still can... by philwelch on Thursday December 01, 2022 @01:32PM (#33820472)
For websites qua websites, sure. But Flash enabled a lot of animation qua animation on the web, natively. And unlike the videos you see on Instagram/YT/TikTok today, Flash cartoons didn’t require high-capital monopolistic intermediaries to host online.
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