Bring back the archived versions of Flash Player

[defaultxvicigpwfctz]

It was extremely greedy and disgusting of you to remove the archive page. People need the older versions of Flash for various reasons. I need an older version for a legacy app that I use (on an offline computer).

Never have I seen a company as belligerent as Adobe. If you hate Flash THAT much as to try to erase it from ever existing, just make Flash open-source and let the community mantain it.

[Nancy OShea]

#1 This is a user-to-user forum.  Adobe decision makers will never see this. 

#2 Flash Player is dead because all major browsers have discontinued support for 3rd party plugins.  That's reality.  I think it's fair to say that Adobe is just as unhappy about it as you are.  But what's done is done and there's no turning back now.  Support for Flash Player officially ends on Dec 31st.

#3 For security reasons, older Flash Players have been removed from service.  You should NOT continue using them.  Strongly suggest you find a modern replacement for your old app.

Good luck!

[Robert Mc Dowell · Accepted solution]

Whatever Adobe they will do against Flash there will be always websites offering old version of Flash plugin, and btw it's not democratic to force people to update or change technologies.

[Nancy OShea]

Be very careful of anything you download from untrusted websites.  You could be infecting your system with spyware, malware or worse.  It's not worth the risk.

[defaultxvicigpwfctz]

Adobe leaves users with little choice.

[Nancy OShea]

"It is an offline copy of a discontinued Flash website and it is my sole source of YouTube revenue to make videos on."

Re-arranging deck chairs on the Titanic is no solution.  Find another revenue stream. 

"Why does a technology have to die?"

For the same reasons everything dies.  It outlived its usefullness or something better came along to replace it.  That's progress.

[jeromiec83223024 · Accepted solution]

Here's the official statement: 

https://theblog.adobe.com/adobe-flash-update/

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

[defaultxvicigpwfctz]

Given this progress, and in collaboration with several of our technology partners – including Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla 

Yeah yeah, we got the idea. You don't care about users and just big greedy tech giants with their own agenda.