turkey3_scratch :
You can unblock it, you know?
Yes, I did read about it. My problem here is the message being sent out: "stop using Flash or else...". I've always hated the bully attitude.
Capitalism is about competition killing stuff, not companies in dominant positions deciding to kill stuff. Specially when it's technology with a track record of being useful (even with vulnerabilities).
Now, Google is in their own right to stop supporting Flash the way they are doing now, but *disabling it* is a whole different matter. Flash, like it or not, is still being used for new content around the web. It's way more flexible than HTML5 and it's controlled by 1 single entity, making it's "advancement" a bit better. The problem lies with how most web developers make bad use of it (just like Javascript) and how much negative publicity it receives when they find a security vulnerability. I am not defending Flash because I like it, but because this is not the way to "make it go away". The W3 is moving at a snail pace to update the HTML spec and all it's surrounding technologies, so Flash's practicality is still (for better or worse) unmatched. Microsoft tried with Silverlight, but failed miserably and HTML5 does not make a dent in how you can use Flash. WebGL, which was supposed to help a lot, is not being used... Like, anywhere. And I could continue mentioning how at every single turn there hasn't been any product or technology that hasn't been able to dethrone Flash since the late 90s.
My take on this is just a desperate attempt from Google to promote a half baked HTML5+CSS3+JS combination that does not cover 100% of what you can do with Flash.
I know it's borderline semantics, but like I said, I just hate the bully attitude.
And sorry about the long rant
Cheers!