Adobe has just announced it will withdraw Flash Player at the end of 2020 in a historic decision that will affect many products, including the operating system Windows of Microsoft.
With Flash still widely adopted around the world, but with new, fast-paced, open standards, Adobe says it is meaningful to remove Flash Player, and it is now encouraging developers and content creators to use different applications.
Although many products will be affected, Adobe says it is working with various companies to make the removal of Flash Player as smooth as possible. So the company reportedly works with: Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Mozilla and Google.
"But as open standards like HTML5, WebGL and WebAssembly have matured in recent years, most offer many innovative features and functions. The plugins have become a viable alternative to online content ", says Adobe.
"Over time we've seen utilities evolve and become plugins and many of them have the ability to add and integrate with open web standards. Today, most software vendors tours integrate features provided by plugins directly into browsers and leave the plugins themselves. "
We have been waiting for the above news, as Flash Player is one of the most vulnerable software on the market, and is used in today's modern applications, such as browsers. Adobe's decision is certainly a big one, especially since it will take 3 years to fully retire the app.
Adobe says it will continue to provide security updates for browsers and operating systems using Flash until the end of 2020.
Microsoft has already announced that it will also remove Flash from Windows and its browsers by the end of 2020 and similar steps are expected to be taken by other companies using Adobe software.
