Flash player won't work on Apple silicon

[Xack]

Adobe hasn't announced it officially, but there are several reasons why new Macs won't support it.

• Safari 14 already cut support
• Chrome and Firefox will not likely support it under Rosetta
• Adobe is unlikely to release an AS version if they are going to discontinue Flash a month later.

With these in mind, Apple has achieved its goals of a Flash-less Mac, 10 years after "Thoughts on Flash".

 

[ADGrant]

Adobe hasn't announced it officially, but there are several reasons why new Macs won't support it.

• Safari 14 already cut support
• Chrome and Firefox will not likely support it under Rosetta
• Adobe is unlikely to release an AS version if they are going to discontinue Flash a month later.

With these in mind, Apple has achieved its goals of a Flash-less Mac, 10 years after "Thoughts on Flash".

Awesome.

 

[theluggage]

Adobe hasn't announced it officially, but there are several reasons why new Macs won't support it.

• Safari 14 already cut support
• Chrome and Firefox will not likely support it under Rosetta
• Adobe is unlikely to release an AS version if they are going to discontinue Flash a month later.

With these in mind, Apple has achieved its goals of a Flash-less Mac, 10 years after "Thoughts on Flash".

Hardly a surprise - Flash support is disappearing across the board on all platforms, Chrome is dropping it after December.

Apple may have struck the fatal blow back when they launched the iPhone - but they were pretty much vindicated when Flash Player for Android appeared, sucked and was quickly dropped (big surprise: flash apps designed for desktop browsers didn't translate well to tiny touch screens). Since then it has been in a death spiral.

 

[Lord Hamsa]

I'll buy the beer for the wake.

 

[davehutch]

I don't know what you mean about Adobe not announcing it officially:

Adobe Flash Player End of Life

Adobe Flash Player End of Life general information

www.adobe.com

Doesn't matter whether any platform or app still supports it, Flash will switch itself off.

 

[Hexley]

Adobe hasn't announced it officially, but there are several reasons why new Macs won't support it.

• Safari 14 already cut support
• Chrome and Firefox will not likely support it under Rosetta
• Adobe is unlikely to release an AS version if they are going to discontinue Flash a month later.

With these in mind, Apple has achieved its goals of a Flash-less Mac, 10 years after "Thoughts on Flash".

Flash is not installed on default on Macs for a very long time.