Adobe Flash to Get Discontinued from December 31
Jun. 17, 2020Adobe will stop updates andwill remove Flash Player download pages from its websiteafter December 31. In addition, the company will block Flash-based content in Adobe Flash Player.
Adobe Flash was originally created by a firm named FutureWave, which later got acquired by Macromedia. Adobe acquired Macromedia in the mid-2000s. There used to be a time when a vast majority of the internet relied on Adobe Flash for multimedia, despitesecurity concerns. Fortunately, we have better alternatives such as HTML5, WebGL, and WebAssembly now.
If you have Adobe Flash installed on your machine, you may uninstall it by following the instructionshere, as we progress towards a secure web. Adobe says it will prompt users to uninstall Flash Player later this year.
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