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What‘s in it for them? Flash is dead, creators and (web-)app developers moved on to HTML5+ APIs and JS libraries/frameworks.

Why would anyone go back to flash, even if it became available again?

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People would return to the great animation timeline and vector graphics. And all of this is scriptable. You don't have something like this today outside of Flash (Adobe Animate) really.

If you build it, they will come is a fun premise for a movie but in reality the market just isn't there. Better video delivery means that animations have moved there, better HTML/Javascript/CSS means that interactive applications have moved there, games have moved to game development environments (Unity, etc.), and where there is no clear alternative the work is thought to be kitschy and outdated these days so those works have largely disappeared. Animate serves what niche audience remains.

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