After the fanfare of the new iPad launch and Apple claiming that they do not use Flash because it is bug ridden and prone to crashing, Adobe (makers of Flash) have hit back suggesting that Apple want total control of all streams on their ironware.
It has everlastingly been thought that the flash thespian was too resource hungry and battery intensive, but that has been denied.
Flash Gets Everywhere, Unless Your Apple
Adobe group production managing director for Flash, Adrian Ludwig said:- “It’s because Apple is protecting revenue streams derived from content like movies and games. If users could watch free live internet TV shows on Hulu, they wouldn’t buy them through with(p) iTunes. It’s pretty hit if you connect the dots: the issue is some revenue,”
Ludwig denied that Flash is excluded from Apple’s Mobile River devices because it is buggy, crash-prone or puts an excessive strain on batteries. He also said there is no technical reason that Flash should not be on the iPad as well as the iPhone. Adobe is working with about 50 partners in the mobile space, including Google, Nokia and HTC, as well as 19 out of 20 handset manufacturers.
“We’ve been seeing great mathematical process on similar devices,” he said. “The hardware is very capable.”
But Ludwig notes that if Flash were useable on the iPad, users could watch TV shows on Hulu for free as an alternative of buying them through iTunes. in any case, users could play some of the hundreds of Flash games on sites like Miniclip, instead of buying games through the App browse, on which Apple takes a 30% cut of every sale.
“Apple has eliminated any way to get content on the device that they don’t own,” says Ludwig. “Apple is keeping the device closed to protect their revenue streams.”
“We’re not the only one,” he says. “Flash is what people are focused on but it’s not just Flash that’s not working. They’ve plugged a completely lot more than that… It’s a oecumenical restriction. We’re trying to go up the issue,” he adds. “We’re talking about long-term damage to the development environment. We’re just the poster tiddler for this.”
It has always seemed a little strange, and convenient that Apple cannot utilise flash. When you look at the implications of flash being available on Apple products, you peculiarity if they ever will.