Adobe Launching a Discrete Propaganda Warfare Against Apple over Flash

Monday, November 2, 2009

iPhone Safari’s inability to display Flash on websites has been a blemish on an otherwise amazing mobile browser. Adobe had since tried to work with Apple to make a mobile version of flash that Apple would accept. However, even after all other phone makers pledge to bring Flash to their mobile browsers, Apple is still resisting flash on their mobile safari browser, claiming poor performance issues associated with Flash (There may be other reasons Apple won’t tell us).

Now Adobe is fighting back with some finger pointing propaganda. When a user encounters an Adobe Flash player download page on the iPhone, he will see the following message:

“Flash Player not available for your device. Apple restricts use of technologies required by products like Flash Player. Until Apple eliminates these restrictions, Adobe cannot provide Flash Player for the iPhone or iPod touch.”

The message seems to want it’s readers to take up arms against Apple. Do something! Write a hate mail to Apple, call your congressman, and alert the FBI, FCC, and the FTC! Anything to get Apple to drop its stubborn stance on flash and finally bring flash to the iPhone!

Will it work? Only time will tell.

Via Engadget
This is an original story by The Apps+Machine.