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Originally Posted by scottjl
developing ads.. is an advertiser going to sink money into developing ads that are only going to be seen by 50% of users (flash required).. or ads that are going to be seen by 100% (non-flash ads)?
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% doesn't work as only a tiny percentage of all web browsing is done on mobile devices, and smaller still on Apple mobile devices.
The majority of web ads will be viewed by people on computers, laptops and netbooks which have Flash.
And ad makers have always known that flash was an optional plug in that had to be installed--so they've always known they weren't going to get 100% of web viewers.
All that said, it's silly to focus so much on ads. As an end user, I need Flash to use today's internet as flash is still so prevalent for menus, games and video on the net. If it was only ads, I obviously wouldn't care to have it--and when the net changes so that's the case, then good riddance to Flash.
But gadgets are all shortlived, so I need Flash now as it's not going away on the net in the next year or two. So living in the present, it's a must have feature on a tablet for me.