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No more Flash for Firefox on Linux

No more Flash for Firefox on Linux

Posted Feb 23, 2012 19:03 UTC (Thu) by intgr (subscriber, #39733)
In reply to: No more Flash for Firefox on Linux by drag
Parent article: No more Flash for Firefox on Linux

> Which is pretty hilarious because Google is the major backer for Vp8 and a
> major one for various HTML5 initiatives.

Let's not forget that back when the HTML5 initiative started, both Google and Apple were against Flash. It was only later that Google realized they can use Flash support on Android as a competitive advantage against iPhone.


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