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Originally Posted by Sonist
Uhm, yeah.... Because people will actually expect to use the iPad to browse the web, which is something few do extensively on the iPhone.
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what makes you so sure? you're making a huge assumption based on what?
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Flash is here now, and here to stay for the foreseeable future, regardless of what Jobs says. As I said, it does A LOT more than video, and for many multimedia purposes is still way more robust than HTML5.
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i guess we can agree to disagree. i'm not saying that flash is dead, but i certainly believe that its penetration will continue to fall as it is now and it will be replaced by html5 in the long run. THAT is a good thing for the web on the whole.
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As to "lots and lots of paid advertising," this is what pays for all the free content on the web. Without ads, the web will be much poorer.
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that is a TERRIBLE argument. tell that to consumers everywhere and see how much sympathy you get. you're not proving to me why flash is something that people actually WANT on their mobile devices by saying that companies need it for their revenue.
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BTW, since most content providers rely on ad revenue, and since as you point out ads are mostly in Flash, why would the content providers care to adapt the rest of their site for the iPad, which would be in effect a freeloader device?
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seriously?? because if they can't see their site they'll go somewhere else. really? that's your argument?
again, companies are out there NOT to support adobe and support flash. they're out there to make money. and how do you do that? you HAVE TO get your product out there and seen by people. if a growing number of people can't see your product/services/ads on your website, THAT IS A PROBLEM. what you're suggesting is that these companies stick their feet in the ground, not change and hope the world adapts to them.
if you go that route, more and more businesses will very soon be out of business. the only way to thrive in business is to adapt to the ever changing world.