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And everyone is silent... But if it was Microsoft trying to use it's weight to kill off some net technology it doesn't like/own.

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I think we can all agree killing off NPAPI is the right choice. As google said it's ancient tech and it's holding them back. Netflix is the only thing I ever use that uses NPAPI, via Silverlight, and even they are moving to HTML5 video [0]. Also MS already killed off Silverlight [1] and other plugins. This is where we WANT to go with the web, a plugin-free world is goal...

Let's not try to make this a "If MS did this everyone would be up in arms" issue because that's not what it is. The article is super click-baity as Google isn't saying "Fuck You" to MS but to ALL of NPAPI which has outlived it's usefulness IMHO.

[0] http://9to5mac.com/2014/06/05/yosemite-finally-allows-netfli...

[1] http://www.itworld.com/article/2736986/enterprise-software/m...

Not to mention, Silverlight is near death and should be phased out. According to MS, it's going until 2021 (or until browsers stop supporting it) https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle?c2=12905

I think Amazon Instant Video is also on Silverlight ?

Yes, I think they originally used Flash then switched to Silverlight. Not sure if they still support the flash player though. That said I'd bet they will be moving to HTML5 soon.

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