Before crying censorship....
Here's what I originally said that you claimed was censorship:
On my computer, all of the Flash is muzzled by click-to-flash plugins. When I want to view a Flash video or run a Flash program, I click on it. My computer; my rules.
On your computer, you set the rules. If you want to load and run each and every Flash app on the pages you view, have at it. If you like exposing yourself to CPU-suck, identity leakage through Flash cookies, and the security risks of running all Flash apps you encounter, that is your right. I may think that's a silly way to run your computer, but I will vigorously defend your right to run your machine that way.
But that isn't censorship, either. It's simply website owners failing to get all of their content up-to-date. If they wish to exclude themselves from the 120M+ iOS devices, that is their right.
Those iOS users now have another option. There is now a $2.99 iOS App from skyfire.com to display Flash videos. If you don't want to wait for the website owners to get their act together, you might want to get that app.
Apple isn't censoring anyone; they chose to not support Flash on their browser. One third-party solution has already sprung forth; odds are high that other third-party solutions will happen in the near future. Apple is supporting those third-party solutions: they approved the Skyfire app for the App Store.
In post #70 of this thread, you characterized my use of click-to-flash plugins as "censorship". It was not. Further, any choices Apple made about Flash on the iPad are not censorship, either. If the present and future options for viewing videos on your iPad are not sufficient for you, feel free to return it, sell it, give it away, or destroy it. If you choose to destroy it, Tom Dickson suggests one way to do that. That YouTube video plays correctly on my iPod Touch.
Before claiming censorship, please make absolutely sure that someone or something is actually being censored. The word should be used carefully. Thanks!
Here's what I originally said that you claimed was censorship:
On my computer, all of the Flash is muzzled by click-to-flash plugins. When I want to view a Flash video or run a Flash program, I click on it. My computer; my rules.
On your computer, you set the rules. If you want to load and run each and every Flash app on the pages you view, have at it. If you like exposing yourself to CPU-suck, identity leakage through Flash cookies, and the security risks of running all Flash apps you encounter, that is your right. I may think that's a silly way to run your computer, but I will vigorously defend your right to run your machine that way.
But that isn't censorship, either. It's simply website owners failing to get all of their content up-to-date. If they wish to exclude themselves from the 120M+ iOS devices, that is their right.
Those iOS users now have another option. There is now a $2.99 iOS App from skyfire.com to display Flash videos. If you don't want to wait for the website owners to get their act together, you might want to get that app.
Apple isn't censoring anyone; they chose to not support Flash on their browser. One third-party solution has already sprung forth; odds are high that other third-party solutions will happen in the near future. Apple is supporting those third-party solutions: they approved the Skyfire app for the App Store.
In post #70 of this thread, you characterized my use of click-to-flash plugins as "censorship". It was not. Further, any choices Apple made about Flash on the iPad are not censorship, either. If the present and future options for viewing videos on your iPad are not sufficient for you, feel free to return it, sell it, give it away, or destroy it. If you choose to destroy it, Tom Dickson suggests one way to do that. That YouTube video plays correctly on my iPod Touch.
Before claiming censorship, please make absolutely sure that someone or something is actually being censored. The word should be used carefully. Thanks!
