[nye2k]

Why?

If a site chooses to have a flash experience, why inhibit that? Google is bullying an already narrowed market.

There are experience that Flash simply handles better, and HTML5 cannot emulate. Animated experiences are at the top of that list.

The correct user experience would be seamless for both the user and the content producer. This UX is essentially warning the user that they are entering unwanted territory, and using fear to narrow the flash market.

[toomanythings2]

Adobe has dumped Flash on mobile. A sure sign that Flash will be dropped on the desktop, too, as developers aren't going to want to have to maintain two workflows.

To support Flash means you are supporting a proprietary software tool and the company behind it, selling development tools.

The tools and implementations might not be up to par with Flash but that's today. The sun will come out tomorrow, bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow .....

[samsonradu]

I think it was the other way around, Adobe didn't dump Flash on mobile. Also until the "sun comes out tomorrow" why can't a part of the market (smaller/bigger) enjoy the better experience that Flash offers and HTML5 cannot? (animations, games, livestreaming and so on)

[nye2k]

_Apple_ dumped flash on mobile.

[verandaguy]

Flash has had numerous, major security vulnerabilities over the years; its CVE portfolio is actually pretty impressive.

[nye2k]

Compared to what?

I'd argue that the Flash security argument is just a regurgitation of headlines people are reading. Every prolific web technology has a large number of CVE's.

[onion2k]

If a site chooses to have a flash experience, why inhibit that?

The site shouldn't be in control. The user should be in control.

[krapp]

The site should be in control of what it sends, the user should be in control of what they see.

[arnaudlaudwein]

It looks like a way to enable 'click-to-play' by default without over-annoying users (normal 'click-to-play' sometimes shows the Flash experience even when an HTML5 experience is available). It's also good for security as it makes it more difficult to exploit Flash vulnerabilities (especially in ads). It may be the first step before sunsetting Flash completely as you suggest.

[mtgx]

Flash is almost as big of a security problem as Java applets were, and it's only not as big now because most browsers have started putting Flash in a sandbox.

[dexterdog]

And many users have been putting Flash in a trashcan.

[nye2k]

The entire web is a security problem. Flash has a shrinking market for several reasons, security is not a main factor of this.