There it is again! That specific phrasing. Curious. [1]
> "flash on Linux"
Yes, Flash on Linux sucked. We're talking about macOS, and it did not suck on macOS.
> Maybe you have a bias since you worked with flash.
Oh, absolutely. I chose to work with Flash because it was great! But that's not really germane. I would not have wanted to work with Flash if it sucked on Apple, since that was the platform I used at the time.
“Riddled with holes” is the original phrase, usually when referring to worn out clothing or something which has been damaged with many punctures.
It’s not a conspiracy or a retcon. I think I have tweets from this period where I was extolling my frustration with YouTube specifically for requiring flash.
To be fair I didn’t use Apple computers in that era so you could be right; but I did use Windows and Linux and Linux was by far the least favoured by adobe, but it still wasn’t pleasant on Windows.
I bought my first MacBook in 2011 and flash was already dead by then.
It's inevitable when talking about Flash, but not, say, Windows, or other contexts with security vulnerabilities. Always "Flash" specifically "riddled".
I just googled the phrase:
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252512175/Investigators-...
https://blog.avast.com/aws-freertos-riddled-with-security-vu...
https://www.zdnet.com/article/hola-vpn-still-riddled-with-se...
https://securityinfive.com/episode-659-tiktok-riddled-with-s...
https://www.computerworld.com/article/2490527/many-antivirus...
It’s a common phrase, not a conspiracy.
It might not be common vernacular in your neck of the woods, but it is where I'm from.