I thought Flash was dead!

Imagine my surprise when I started getting notifications about my Flash being out of date over the weekend.

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It’s high time for someone to put a fork in Flash and killed this zombie application.

As I’ve documented I Hate Flash! I’ve hated it for years because it’s one of those applications got shoved down our throats when we all started Visiting Corporate websites.  

It’s like Java, which as a computer language / application I hate ALMOST as much as Flash.

For me the hatred came about because this shit was always in my face. There were weeks when no matter what I was trying to do, I had to be interrupted several times a day to upgrade Flash. Sometime there would be two upgrades in the same day!

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Problem was, I didn’t care to see the dancing logo I was trying to locate information on the companies website.

Because… Wait for it…

The company in question had downsized their phone support staff!

I wouldn’t have needed their web site if they’d maintained their workforce.

I was sitting here thinking about the Flash issue and decided to try an experiment.

What happens if I uninstall it?

How much of an impact will there be on my daily web usage?

As it turns out, over two days I’ve encountered one site that told me the required Flash Plugin was not found. That’s it! Even my favorite PORN sites are working fine.

This leads me to the conclusion that my world will spin on just fine without Flash installed today, and in all likelihood moving forward. 

Interesting that I’ve found another overpriced Adobe product that I don’t really need.