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March 23, 2014
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Adobe Flash Player Issue on Tablets

  • March 23, 2014
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Adobe Technical Staff:

I have just purchased a Samsung tablet and found out that it is no longer able to view and videos with Adobe Flash Player. Is Adobe planning

on developing an app or other solution to allow users the ability on their tablets to view videos that require a flash player? Trying other work

arounds just does not allow for crisp viewing and a smooth presentation on the display

Thanks

David Aikin

aikin-dm@comcast.net

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    C_F_McBlob
    Inspiring
    March 23, 2014

    Is Adobe planning on developing an app or other solution to allow users the ability on their tablets to view videos that require a flash player?

    In a word... "No"

    Historically:

    2008 (March) - Apple® releases the first iPhone, using iOS®. Steve Jobs is insistent and adamant that iOS® is NOT compatible with Flash® and NEVER WILL BE. Jobs' reasoning is that "playing Flash® content is processor consumptive and it drains batteries, thus shortening the life of them in mobile devices." In six years, that hasn't changed. Not for the iPhone®, iPad® or iPod® Touch™. It never will change and there never will be a Flash Player® for iOS®.

    2008 (September) - Google® introduces Android™ to compete with iOS®, for people who don't want to pay what Apple® is asking for an iPhone®. Android®, unlike its Apple® counterpart IS compatible with Flash®.

    2012 (June) - Android™ (Google®) announces the end of support for Flash® with Android™ 4.3. Going forward NO Android™ devices will be compatible with Flash®, but older versions on older devices can still be loaded with "legacy" builds still available from Adobe®. Android™ (Google®) cites the same reason Apple® did for the decision to end support for Flash®. Adobe® continues to release security patches to Flash Player® for Android™ until September 2013, announcing the "end of life" for Android™ Flash® September 10.

    Adobe® isn't going to spend one dime developing or maintaining a Flash Player® for an OS that's incompatible... and Android™ will never be compatible with Flash Player® again. Tablet manufacturers (Google®, Samsung®, Nexus®, Lenovo®, Apple®, Microsoft™) don't want you using the device to view Flash® content for the reason described above. Incompatibility seems to be their avenue to enforce that preference on you.