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[–] 3 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Did anyone seriously believe that though? Killing Flash is approximately the only good thing the existence of the iPhone brought to the world.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    The only people at the time who thought it was a good idea were people that liked apple products. Everyone else just complained that the web was 90% flash, so iPads/iPhones are useless.

    There was more outrage at lack of flash support than there was from removing optical drives, and people put up quite a stink with that as well.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (3 children)

    the web was 90% flash

    I remember 2007 well enough that I can definitely say that that was not true in 2007. Flash was widespread, but nowhere near 90%.

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