We all know that Adobe Flash Player was one of the applications that always had problems: some smaller, some bigger. During the time of its existence, we had encountered a number of deceptive pop-ups that required people to update their program: “Please Install Flash Player Pro To Continue” popup, “Infected files have corrupted your Flash Player” popups, even fake updates via Skype application.
Nevertheless, the official application had obtained an important position in the content-creators lives and many people nostalgically remember playing around which ActionScript language when they took their first programming steps. The program was either hated or loved, but all can admit that its role cannot be overlooked. Despite being alive and regularly-updated ever since its debut in 1996, Adobe finally decided on a date for an execution. It’s official: Adobe Flash Player will be killed in 2020.
From the point of view of the judgmental part of people, we are surprised that it took so long for Adobe to realize that things are no longer working out for Flash Player. It had been the center of disputes for years and people were puzzled about whether the program should be replaced or still kept. As we have mentioned, hackers had constantly generated new malicious updates for the tool in the hopes of convincing some people to install payloads of malware instead.
What will exactly happen in 2020? Adobe will cut off its child by not providing any support for the application. This means that security flaws will no longer be fixed. This is the same thing when Microsoft decided to no longer solve vulnerabilities in Windows XP as it was officially rated as outdated and dangerous.
However, you might have heard the fuss when Microsoft had decided to remove its Paint application. Lovers of this easy-to-utilize tool soon objected to this decision. The rebellion from the public forced Microsoft to re-consider their actions: it offered an alternative which will allow to download Paint tool from the official store of Microsoft (completely for free).
While there still might be some Adobe Flash Player-lovers out there, we doubt that they will show rebellious nature when it comes to the death of this application. On the bright side (or maybe for some, on the bad side), the tool will still be around for approximately three years and you will probably be able to get enough of this application. Until then, it might be that Adobe itself will produce some more sophisticated tools and you will say: Adobe Flash Player who?
Sources edgylabs.com.
