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March 11, 2021
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Purchase Flash from adobe

  • March 11, 2021
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I had a thought, Since adobe shut down flash, then why not buy Flash Player from adobe and create a new flash player? wooould the folks at adobe be willing to let me buy it off them eventually?

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      Correct answer jeromiec83223024

      You can license a maintained copy of Flash Player from our support partner HARMAN.  They can also help with options for distributing applications that depend on Flash as a standalone binary.

       

      Details are in the enterprise FAQ, here: 

      https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/enterprise-end-of-life.html

       

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      jeromiec83223024
      Community Manager
      jeromiec83223024Community ManagerCorrect answer
      Community Manager
      March 16, 2021

      You can license a maintained copy of Flash Player from our support partner HARMAN.  They can also help with options for distributing applications that depend on Flash as a standalone binary.

       

      Details are in the enterprise FAQ, here: 

      https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/enterprise-end-of-life.html

       

      Nancy OShea
      Community Expert
      Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 12, 2021
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      I had a thought, Since adobe shut down flash, then why not buy Flash Player from adobe and create a new flash player? wooould the folks at adobe be willing to let me buy it off them eventually?

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      Not likely.   Don't throw good money after bad.  Save it or put it towards something beneficial like finding cures for diseases.

       

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
      thatsmauri
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      thatsmauriCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 12, 2021

      Nowadays, you can create any Flash stuff with HTML5 and WebGL, which are far safer alternatives. It makes no sense to keep Flash itself and/or the Flash Player alive.

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        Nathan5CB5
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        March 12, 2021

        Can we use HTML5 and WebGL to access the content on old websites which used Flash?

        _maria_
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        _maria_Community Manager
        Community Manager
        March 12, 2021

        No - the contet provider would need to migrate their Flash content to some other technology.  Nothing th end-user can do.

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        Test Screen Name
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        March 11, 2021

        So, spend a few tens of millions of dollars and you could have a Flash Player (not exclusive rights). Of course, Google, Apple, Microsoft and the others will still block it, so your purchase may be pretty useless.

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