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1996-2020
Adobe Flash
The web's animation engine
👑 Hubris
Money Burned
Adobe's entire platform
Body Count
Millions of Flash devs retrained
Lifespan
8766 days (24 years)
☠️ Official Cause of Death
Steve Jobs wrote a blog post
Steve Jobs' 'Thoughts on Flash' in 2010. HTML5 won. Security holes didn't help. RIP to every Newgrounds game.
Epitaph
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The web moved on
💡 The Lesson
When Apple says you're dead, you're dead
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I Was There Too
Raise your hand. Be honest. We all fuck up.
No one has confessed yet. Be the first to raise your hand.
Were you part of this? Did you use it? Raise your hand:
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You just read about someone else's failure. Maybe it's time to share yours? You might leave here with a friend who made the exact same mistake.
Fine, I'll Share My Failure