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The mobile era is about low power devices, touch interfaces and open web standards – all areas where Flash falls short.

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Steve Jobs - Thoughts on Flash

I wanted to jot down some of our thoughts on Adobe’s Flash products so that customers and critics may better understand why we do not allow Flash on iPhones, iPods and iPads. Adobe has characterized our decision as being primarily business driven – they say we want to protect our App Store – but in reality it is based on technology issues. Adobe claims that we are a closed system, and that Flash is open, but in fact the opposite is true. Let me explain.
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Our motivation is simple – we want to provide the most advanced and innovative platform to our developers, and we want them to stand directly on the shoulders of this platform and create the best apps the world has ever seen.

It is pretty rare that Steve Jobs would speak about the choice of his company and explain it.

This is something I know and understand since a good while now, but for anyone else who do not understand why Flash is not on the iPhone, this is a MUST READ.

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