The war between Apple and Adobe has escalated with the release of iPad. Applications developers who are going to write programs for iPad have to sign an agreement with Apple which mentions that applications can be written either in Objective-C, C, or C++ and that code has link directly against the documented APIs (API is application programming interface which is a protocol that makes the applications compatible with the device) and can't link through intermediary translation or compatibility layer or other tool. But what this basically means is that using Flash is prohibited.
When iPhone first showed up, Steve Jobs explained that the device won't be compatible with Flash, because Flash is buggy and causes many crashes. This excuse is reasonable, because processing power is limited on a mobile device, and performance is more important.
Even though this might seem a foolish move made by Apple. Adobe is growing very fast, 75% of all websites is Flash based, 70% of online games run on Flash, 75% of video websites are played with Flash including giants like Hulu and YouTube. These numbers show how powerful and popular Adobe is. So I think that refusing to use this technology is stupid and the only one who suffers is the user. If Adobe still continues growing, Apple may even lose customers. There have been many complains on iPhone OS devices because of not supporting Flash. In my opinion Apple should solve this problem as soon as possible and become "Flash compatible".
Source: The Guardian
When iPhone first showed up, Steve Jobs explained that the device won't be compatible with Flash, because Flash is buggy and causes many crashes. This excuse is reasonable, because processing power is limited on a mobile device, and performance is more important.
Even though this might seem a foolish move made by Apple. Adobe is growing very fast, 75% of all websites is Flash based, 70% of online games run on Flash, 75% of video websites are played with Flash including giants like Hulu and YouTube. These numbers show how powerful and popular Adobe is. So I think that refusing to use this technology is stupid and the only one who suffers is the user. If Adobe still continues growing, Apple may even lose customers. There have been many complains on iPhone OS devices because of not supporting Flash. In my opinion Apple should solve this problem as soon as possible and become "Flash compatible".
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