Why Apple Won’t Support Flash?
// February 2nd, 2010 // No Comments » // Technology
The reason for that comes down to Apple’s design philosophy, and their business model. Using an iPod, iPhone, or iPad is meant to be a carefully crafted experience. As Steve Jobs told Newsweek in 2007, “You don’t want your phone to be an open platform. You need it to work when you need it to work.” And apparently the same goes for your tablet.
The iPad launch served as a sore reminder that, yeah, if you buy one of these, you better be ready to say goodbye to a big chunk of the internet. But Apple isn’t sad to see it go. According to Wired, Steve Jobs reportedly called Adobe “lazy” at an Apple employee event, and then went on to explain the company’s position: “Apple does not support Flash because it is so buggy. Whenever a Mac crashes more often than not it’s because of Flash. No one will be using Flash. The world is moving to HTML5.”
