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Re:All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of thei... by taftster on Thursday May 01, 2025 @01:41AM (#43854056)
I mean, I don't disagree with you. I think we needed Google and needed their investment to push forward past Applets, ActiveX, and Flash.

But now, we're stagnating again. So maybe drying up those funds will be part of the cure.

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Re:All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of thei... by mikelward on Thursday May 01, 2025 @01:54AM (#43854133)
I think Apple also forced the world to move on from Flash. The iPhone didn't have Flash.
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Re:All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of thei... by taftster on Thursday May 01, 2025 @02:06AM (#43854187)
All the other plugins were dying on their own (for whatever reason). But Flash was a stubborn virus, to be sure.

Yes, it definitely took the big slap from Apple to kill Flash once and for all.

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