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Re:Ask HN: Were playing web videos without Adobe Flash possi... by eterm on Saturday December 21, 2024 @03:02AM (#42478158)
In general, it was awkward to rely on plugins for video support, so flash was indeed generally used.

Here's a 2015 article referencing YouTube dropping flash for it's HTML5 player: https://www.theverge.com/2015/1/27/7926001/youtube-drops-fla...

The article touches on the challenge of getting to that point.

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