> today Flash would be a flagship IDE on the iPad Pro continuing its then-two-decade legacy as a
...resource-hogging security nightmare. You described my nightmare scenario.
...resource-hogging security nightmare. You described my nightmare scenario.
History would be different if Apple had bought Flash back then. It made sense: a web-based lightweight platform for making games and such on a phone.
Oh, you mean like a web browser?
Completely true.
> security nightmare
Really? All serious browsers are open source and the major ones seem decently well audited, considering the relatively low amount of exploits being published. IIRC Flash was a bit different in that regard.