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		reboog711 on July 25, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “We will stop updating and distributing the Flash ... Flash player, by definition, is a browser plugin. Most browsers are closing [or have closed] their plugin APIs so this makes sense. I assume the Adobe AIR will live on, which is basically "Flash Player for Desktop and Mobile Apps".

rhapsodic on July 25, 2017 [–]

> I assume the Adobe AIR will live on, which is basically "Flash Player for Desktop and Mobile Apps".

That appears to be the case:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14851400

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