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		londons_explore on March 31, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: When SVG almost got network support for raw socket... Flash probably wouldn't have died had it not been for Apple's refusal to support it. One could totally imagine a rewritten and modernized version of flash that became the dominant web experience (perhaps replacing HTML and javascript, which in many ways are inferior).

macintux on March 31, 2023 [–]

That’s like saying one could imagine a modern U.S. rail infrastructure that allows pleasant passenger rail travel everywhere you want to go.

Of course it’s possible with enough time and money, but from all accounts Adobe could not have achieved it.

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