Finally, Jobs delivers a comprehensive, coherent and reasoned response to criticisms of Apple’s refusal to support Flash on iDevices. I give him credit for responding at length, instead of resorting to the one-liners that have been his habit since the brouhaha erupted.
The bottom line is that Apple is flexing their muscles to alter the way the web works, whether anyone likes it or not. Does it make sense? For several compelling technical reasons, yes. Could Adobe have come out with a version of Flash that would have satisfied those complaints? Probably. Would Apple have then allowed it on the platform? Probably not.
The sub-text here is this: self-serving business interests have conveniently intersected with some important technical considerations, the net effect of which is that Flash is dead as a platform – unless Apple buys Adobe.
Time to start thinking about the alternatives, like HTML 5.