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Ed_McCarron:
Is there an actual reason for Apple to have dismissed flash?  Other than the seeming "We're apple and you'll buy what we tell you to" attitude?

Loafmeister:
IMHO, if apple could have their way, they would want every little bit of content you view on the Ipad (Itouch/Iphone) to come through the Appstore, which equates to additional revenue for them.  Supporting other codecs/flash opens up the possibility you'll be accessing media without going through them.  The lack of flash support is a business decision, not a tech limitation.

patrickl:
With iPhone OS4 they even demand that developers can not use other compilers than the one that Apple provides. So applications build using the Flash compiler that Adobe created are not allowed on the iPhone/iPad.

They really want a monopoly on everything.

CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: patrickl on April 09, 2010, 03:58:15 pm ---They really want a monopoly on everything.

--- End quote ---

Especially batteries !

Really, WTF is it with Apple and batteries ?

If your iPhone won't charge, they'll replace the battery for a fee. If your iPad won't charge, they'll give you a refurb (as opposed to replacing the battery) for a fee.

Didn't they learn anything from the iPod battery fiasco ? Or is there some other reason that they are unwilling to make what seems to be their biggest point of failure an item that is easy to replace (even if it is done in-store) ?

I really miss Apple Computer Inc -- I loved that they included the schematics with the Apple ][ -- I tore mine apart and built all sorts of cool stuff (much of which never actually worked, but I thought it was cool!). Apple Inc is a media company and I have no love of media companies, even when they have cool-looking gadgets.

I will admit that their delivery system is pretty good ... my son bought a game on his iPod Touch and it wouldn't download ... 5 tries later and a message comes up saying "when you log into iTunes on your computer, this will be available for download". I logged in to iTunes and there it was, ready to download. Downloaded, then plugged in the iPod and everything installed nicely. Credit where credit is due.

RayB:

--- Quote from: patrickl on April 09, 2010, 03:58:15 pm ---With iPhone OS4 they even demand that developers can not use other compilers than the one that Apple provides. So applications build using the Flash compiler that Adobe created are not allowed on the iPhone/iPad.

They really want a monopoly on everything.

--- End quote ---
I just learned this news today. Quite the kick in the pants to hundreds of thousands (or millions?) of Flash developers out there and a douchey move against Adobe.

http://daringfireball.net/2010/04/iphone_agreement_bans_flash_compiler

The worst part is that this won't prevent bad programmers from still putting out fart apps and apps that are buggy, made with their own "approved" tools.

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