Adobe Flash Faces Final Curtain by December 2020
Microsoft will block Adobe Flash in its web browsers from the end of the year. It's the last major browser developer to drop the technology.
While Adobe Flash was once the primary tool used for multimedia content on websites, it earned a poor reputation for security. It wasn't just that it had numerous security holes, but that when those holes were exploited, hackers were often able to access a computer's memory and gain a worrying level of control just by using a web browser.
Apple was arguably the first company to crack down on Adobe Flash content with Steve Jobs personally making the controversial move to block it on iPhones and iPads. At the time it was a debatable decision, with some users put off from the devices because so many websites wouldn't be accessible as designed.
