On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Aryeh Gregor Simetrical+wikilist@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Steve Summit scs@eskimo.com wrote:
I'm not up on the details of Flash, so this comment may be misguided, but *if* the reason Apple restricts these unstated "technologies" is for security reasons, then I'm quite glad Apple does, and I'd say it's Adobe that deserves the snarky comment.
Any security considerations that apply to the iPhone probably apply to Mac desktop as well, so that wouldn't make much sense. Flash doesn't have a remarkable number of vulnerabilities compared to other large web-facing programs (like, say, browsers), and for almost all users, the slight added security threat is worth it.
I imagine the actual issues here involve things like that iPhone/iPod uses ARM; Flash uses too much battery life; or insufficient money is going one direction or the other. I would take it for granted that Apple would like iPhone users to be able to view YouTube.
I would *like* to say that all this just underscores the danger of proprietary, closed-source technologies like Flash, but of course, Theora isn't in a very different situation here.
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Fwiw, the HTC Dream and HTC Magic (first Android phones) run ARM processors, so I don't believe that's the sole concern; I believe that the Palm Pre is on ARM as well, but don't quote me :)
Granted, doing intensive flash stuff will drain your battery on any phone, but I don't think the processor is the restriction here. I'm not sure how good the reporting is, but:
"Adobe said that a Flash Player for the iPhone is not being made available because it uses a just-in-time compiler and virtual machine within a browser plug-in to play back website content - technologies that aren’t currently allowed on the iPhone." [1]
-Chad
[1] http://www.gizmag.com/flash-player-101-for-smartphones/13042/