As of December 31, 2020, Adobe Flash Player has not been able to be installed on any devices. Although there are workarounds, Adobe recommends that you stop using previously installed flash players for your own security. Hackers can easily hack into Flash player, and Adobe does not have the power to keep it safe. There won't be any updates to flash and any old versions are not available to download from adobe. Since the 2000s Flash has assisted the internet by creating animations, browser games, and interactive tools that increased the usability of websites. Flash was originally relied on for Youtube, Vimeo, google video, and other websites which have now evolved out of it. Flash did not surprise us with this either. in 2007, after Apple made the decision to release an iPhone that did not support Flash, Adobe decided to announce that by 2020 Flash player would be discontinued due to security reasons. By 2012, Flash was widely known to be insecure.
Adobe Flash Player was my childhood (this is not an exaggeration). All of the computer games I used to play used Flash player. There is no more coolmathgames.com, there is no more club penguin, there is no more secretbuilders, no more fireboy and watergirl, there are no more Papas games! (papas pizzeria, papas freezeria, etc.). from time to time throughout my life, I have gone back to these games just for the sake of reliving my childhood, but now all that is left are memories of games I once loved.
source: https://www.howtogeek.com/700229/adobe-flash-is-dead%C2%A0heres-what-that-means/
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Hi Eden, I did not completely realize which websites were running on Flash. Although some of our favorite websites used to run on Flash, it might be time that we use better, more updated technology to run videos and animations. Also, it seems that there were security problems with Flash for many people. From time to time, I get a Flash pop up on my computer, and I am not sure if it is a virus!
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