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Apple’s preference over Flash angers Adobe

Apple’s preference over Flash angers Adobe

There is a huge uproar about Apple’s iPad not supporting Adobe Flash. Why this is such a shock, I don’t know. But tension between the two companies is rising since the release of the Apple iPad.

Apple’s argument is simple. They don’t allow Flash to run on iPhones or iPads because it is too likely to crash. Anyone who has attempted to watch a Flash-operated video or play a Flash-operated game knows how often it crashes and how frustrating it is. So why would Apple allow such a faulty program to operate on their system when they pride themselves on flawlessness and risk angering their consumers?

This is not new to long-time Apple users. We’ve been living pretty happily without Flash and its potential to crash for years. Especially since Apple products, like the iPhone and now the iPad too, support HTML5, so we don’t necessarily need Flash.

Adobe, to me, seems to simply be mad that they were rejected by Apple in favor of a competitor who could live up to Apple’s expectations (HTML5). Yeah, a ton of online video content requires Flash, but HTML5 runs better than Flash and with fewer crashes (and if it does crash, it doesn’t take the whole browser with it), which saves Apple consumers from a lot of frustration and is why Apple chose to run it over Flash.

Makes sense, right? It’s just a bit of healthy competition. And Adobe is really, really mad about it. It’ll be interesting to see if Adobe can step up and exterminate its bugs. That’s the only way Steve Jobs will allow it to run on Apple’s products.

[Thanks: http://www.islate.org]

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