Amin
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Pelao, that's a reasonable viewpoint on the issue, but Apple clearly has two reasons for keeping Flash off of iOS: 1) Improve the user experience (your point); and 2) Make more money.
Regarding reason #1, as a sophisticated computer (phone/tablet) user I would like to have the choice. I don't have to install Flash on my Android devices but find the web experience better when I do.
Regarding reason #2, it isn't hard to see how limiting choice fits into Apple's plan. Currently, HTML5 cannot match what can be done with technologies like Flash and Sliverlight. By weakening the power of the web on its mobile devices, Apple gently encourages everyone into its app ecosystem where they pay a 30% Apple tax across the board. Once you get locked into that system and have bought a bunch of apps, it becomes harder to leave this system where everything costs a bit more for Apple to get their cut. In the long run, I believe in the free web and think that apps as we know them will eventually fail. By free web, I don't mean web where everything is free but rather web where people get to monetize the way they want to monetize - whether by subscription, ad revenue, or another model.
Regarding reason #1, as a sophisticated computer (phone/tablet) user I would like to have the choice. I don't have to install Flash on my Android devices but find the web experience better when I do.
Regarding reason #2, it isn't hard to see how limiting choice fits into Apple's plan. Currently, HTML5 cannot match what can be done with technologies like Flash and Sliverlight. By weakening the power of the web on its mobile devices, Apple gently encourages everyone into its app ecosystem where they pay a 30% Apple tax across the board. Once you get locked into that system and have bought a bunch of apps, it becomes harder to leave this system where everything costs a bit more for Apple to get their cut. In the long run, I believe in the free web and think that apps as we know them will eventually fail. By free web, I don't mean web where everything is free but rather web where people get to monetize the way they want to monetize - whether by subscription, ad revenue, or another model.