why adobe flash is no longer being used? For that matter what does it even do ??
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So you probably use Chrome or maybe Firefox. Chances are you’ve installed an extension or two? Like an adblocker? Scary right? You don’t know whether you can trust the author to not do bad things to your computer either intentionally (malware) or unintentionally (security hole).
In the 2000’s, you had to install extensions called plugins to do things you now take for granted, like watching videos, playing 2D or 3d games, or even listening to music files. Anybody could write a plug-in and they could be risky since you didn’t know if you could trust what you were installing. Sometimes plugins would also force you to install weird toolbars on your browser or make you get pop ups on every site you went to. It was also a pain in the butt to find the right plug-in for the site you were using, make sure it was up to date, etc.
Flash was a very very popular and trustworthy one of these plugins that revolutionized media on the web and became a standard.
But now browsers can do all the things Flash can do without plugins, which means none of the risky drawbacks that come with plugins. So it’s better and safer to just do it the browser way instead of the plug-in way.
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