I have always hated Flash, right from the beginning. So I might be a bit biased.
And there is something else that I have to admit: I am not exactly a blind “follower” of Steve Jobs and the ways of the Apple.
Deep in my heart I am an anarchist and a Linux guy. ;-)
But there is a little problem: unfortunately those deep feelings are paired with a strong love for really good design and the intention of “getting things done” instead of “keeping myself busy doing something ‘with my computer’”
And humankind is just not ready for anarchy (as well as for democracy, but thats another story and very well visible out there…).
So in some cases dictatorship is the best form of government. At least in the confinements of a computer harddrive. And as long as it is an intelligent and mostly benevolent dictator leading the herds.
So I became an Apple user, long ago.
Our kind leader is almost always inspiring, sometimes dead wrong, often does not listen – and quite often he (or the guys in the dark that he keeps whipping) comes up with something really amazing and revolutionary.
No, I am not talking about the iPad. Nice toy, but actually not built for me. I had hoped for something more Newtonish, pocket size, maybe two or three times the size of an iPhone. Anyways.
What I am talking about is the decision to consequently ignore Adobe Flash and standing up for HTML5. Great decision.
From a technical point of view the only logical decision. Flash uses way too much of your computer’s ressources, it is a buggy, virus-like something, keeps crashing, keeps overheating devices (on my little Hackintosh playing a non-HD Youtube-video via Flash uses MORE CPU and GPU power than playing a 720p HD-video in Quicktime or XMBC). 90% of the stuff that Flash is used for are completely useless, and the remaining 10% can be done in much better ways.
And from a political point of view: Flash is controlled by one of the less benevolent “dictators” out there. It is proprietary stuff. Nobody knows what it does, nobody apart from Adobe has control over sourcecode, fixing bugs, etc.
Stoneage (like Apple’s ignorance regarding opensource media formats like .ogg and .flac on the iPod, but thats another story as well….)
So whatever the true motivs are – THANKS Steve for kicking Adobe’s butt. Not all Youtube-junkies will cheer (and most likely won’t understand whats up anyways…). But for once Apple has made the decision to really support an open standard.
Let us see more of that!
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