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>why not just drop Flash

The reason Flash is still around is because of ads. Most (video) ads are served through Flash still and publishers still don't know how to switch, or don't want to.

Source: I work for a video player company

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Thats only a reason to drop it earlier. I don't think users care if ads are not working.

Agreed. Advertisers are stupid these days. They don't realise that when they crap in their own backyard, nobody goes near them. If they want to misuse Flash (which they do, all the time) then we all stop using Flash. Most of us install ad blockers.

Folks might want to downvote me, but Flash ads are a big reason why people install adblockers. It's now shifting to JavaScript injections from ad networks, so it's only a matter of time before adblockers start analysing JavaScript to prevent them from misusing this mechanism also.

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