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7/21/2025, 7:43:27 PM
>>716061665
what zoomies fail to understand is that flash was basically the entirety of the internet for like 15 years. Government websites fucking used flash to render their benefits portals. It was expanded far, far beyond what it was ever really intended for (which was basically just an animation plugin)
It was so prevalent that there were "full stack" developers who worked entirely in flash. Almost any cartoon made after 2000 used flash. Some studios STILL use it (under a different name but still sold by Adobe). The ecosystem was so large that the games were a natural byproduct. The second that Apple noticed that Adobe had literally abandoned flash and moved forward with championing HTLM5, it was fucking over. There was little reason for something that had that much hardware access and control to be so bloated AND insecure. If it was just one it wouldn't have been such a fucking problem.
I loved flash games. I grew up on them. I have flashpoint and boot some of them up and even go to Newgrounds sometimes to see how how they're doing with fucking RUFFLE. But the age of hobbyists making games for free (and for their portfolio) was very, very small and it was for profit from an early point. Kongregate, miniclip, shockwave, etc all commercialized flash games and there were premium services offered, trial versions of full games, and other bullshit on top. The nascent stages of broadband internet were amazing but like all things, it changes.
/f/ is dead. Long life /f/
what zoomies fail to understand is that flash was basically the entirety of the internet for like 15 years. Government websites fucking used flash to render their benefits portals. It was expanded far, far beyond what it was ever really intended for (which was basically just an animation plugin)
It was so prevalent that there were "full stack" developers who worked entirely in flash. Almost any cartoon made after 2000 used flash. Some studios STILL use it (under a different name but still sold by Adobe). The ecosystem was so large that the games were a natural byproduct. The second that Apple noticed that Adobe had literally abandoned flash and moved forward with championing HTLM5, it was fucking over. There was little reason for something that had that much hardware access and control to be so bloated AND insecure. If it was just one it wouldn't have been such a fucking problem.
I loved flash games. I grew up on them. I have flashpoint and boot some of them up and even go to Newgrounds sometimes to see how how they're doing with fucking RUFFLE. But the age of hobbyists making games for free (and for their portfolio) was very, very small and it was for profit from an early point. Kongregate, miniclip, shockwave, etc all commercialized flash games and there were premium services offered, trial versions of full games, and other bullshit on top. The nascent stages of broadband internet were amazing but like all things, it changes.
/f/ is dead. Long life /f/
7/13/2025, 5:26:31 PM
>>531070227
Too pointy. PSX Lara Croft levels of pointy.
Too pointy. PSX Lara Croft levels of pointy.
7/7/2025, 12:52:34 PM
7/5/2025, 7:53:18 PM
Time for one of our last ESA migs
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