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Let's have a moment of silence for Adobe Flash Player. by blackwater 06/27/2020, 9:54pm PDT
Ever since Steve Jobs refused to let Flash sit at the cool kids' table, its days have been numbered. Now the end is finally here. Adobe is killing flash for good on December 31st.


As previously announced in July 2017, Adobe will stop distributing and updating Flash Player after December 31, 2020 (“EOL Date”). We made this announcement in collaboration with several of our technology partners – including Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft?and?Mozilla – which issued complementary announcements with more technical detail on what the Flash Player EOL will mean for developers, enterprises, and consumers using their specific OS environments or browsers.?


But they'll still support the old versions, right? Hahaha, no.


Will Adobe make previous versions of Adobe Flash Player available for download after 2020?

No. Adobe will be removing Flash Player download pages from its site and Flash-based content will be blocked from running in Adobe Flash Player after the EOL Date.
Adobe always recommends using the latest, supported and up-to-date software. Customers should not use Flash Player after the EOL Date since it will not be supported by Adobe.

If I find Flash Player available for download on a third-party website, can I use it?

No, these versions of Flash Player are not authorized by Adobe. Customers should not use unauthorized versions of Flash Player.? Unauthorized downloads are a common source of malware and viruses.??Adobe has no responsibility for unauthorized versions of Flash Player and customers’ use of such versions is entirely at their own risk.


Obviously some of their lawyers took a look at Flash, and saw a potential liability if someone got hacked because of it. So now they're technically withdrawing any permission to download their old software. It's hard to argue with that analysis, but still... harsh, man. Harsh.
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Let's have a moment of silence for Adobe Flash Player. by blackwater 06/27/2020, 9:54pm PDT NEW
    thank god for third party downloads by saltlord 06/27/2020, 10:17pm PDT NEW
    Re: Let's have a moment of silence for Adobe Flash Player. by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/28/2020, 5:27pm PDT NEW
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