Wow, they are finally doing it.

Flash had its moment on the internet, but it was over long ago. It was useful, but always a pain when a website asked you to install the plugin to see it. For me, it was in the same category as Java and even Silverlight.

Useful, cute, but extremely painful. Avoid at all costs.

The web is much better without lots of Flash stuff all over the place. I especially hated the Flash ADS with loud sounds (heck, I remember one of a baby that almost made me have a heart attack a few years ago). It was a love-hate thing... but mostly landing in hate.

Nowadays, only old and abandoned parts of the Internet use it... mostly... so this was a natural move.