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Adobe Flash Player reached end-of-life
Departed
departure passed
left 31 Dec 2020
Official source Adobe Flash Player EOL — adobe.com ↗ (adobe.com)
What this means for you
After 31 December 2020 Adobe stopped updating and distributing Flash Player, and blocked Flash content from running in the player from 12 January 2021. Browsers removed Flash support entirely. Any product depending on Flash stopped working.
Where to go
Rebuild interactive content on open web standards — HTML5 Canvas, WebGL, and CSS animation. Adobe Animate can export existing Flash projects to HTML5.
- HTML5 Canvas / WebGL
- Adobe Animate (HTML5 export)
Adobe announced the end date three years ahead, in July 2017, coordinated with Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla. The long runway is why the shutdown was almost anticlimactic by the time it arrived.
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