On a page posed as questions and answers, Adobe tries to address doubts as categorically as possible. Since - for the moment - it is not available in Spanish, we translate the most relevant parts here:
As announced in July 2017, Adobe will stop distributing and updating Flash Player starting December 31, 2020 (EOL - End Of Life Date). We have made the announcement with a number of our technology partners (such as Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla) who in turn have provided complementary announcements with more technical details on what the demise of Flash Player could mean for developers, businesses. and consumer., using browsers and specific operating system environments.
- Why did Adobe decide to remove Flash Player and choose the end date of 2020?
Open standards such as HTML5, WebGL, and WebAssembly have continually matured over the years and serve as viable alternatives to Flash content. Likewise, major browser developers are integrating these open standards into their browsers and ditching most plug-ins (such as Adobe Flash Player). By announcing our decision in 2017, with three years' notice, we believe we would have given enough time for developers, designers, companies and other partners to migrate Flash content to new open standards.
- How will this decision affect Adobe Flash Player support and distribution for the rest of the year (2020)?
Adobe will continue to provide security patches for Flash Player, maintaining compatibility with operating systems and browsers and adding features and functionality as Adobe sees fit until the end of 2020.
- Will Adobe make older versions of Adobe Flash Player downloadable beyond 2020?
No. Adobe will remove the Flash Player download pages from its website and all Flash-based content will be prevented from running in Adobe Flash Player after the termination date.
Adobe always recommends that you use the most recent, supported, and current versions of any software. Customers should not use Flash Player after the end of 2020 as it will not be supported by Adobe.
- If I find that Flash Player can be downloaded from another website, can I use it?
No, those versions of Flash Player will not be authorized by Adobe. Customers must not download unauthorized versions of Flash Player. Unauthorized downloads are the common source of malware and virus distribution. Adobe is not responsible for unauthorized versions of Flash Player and customers' use of such versions is at their own risk.
Steve Jobs, 10 years ago:
Flash was created during the PC era, for PCs and mice. Flash is a fantastic business for Adobe and we can understand why they want to push it beyond PCs, but the mobile age is the age of low-power devices, touch interfaces and open web standards, the very areas where Flash fails. [...]
New open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will triumph on mobile devices (and even PCs).
Steve Jobs, Thoughts on Flash
In the case of the fight between Apple and Adobe regarding Flash, the common word has sided almost unilaterally with Adobe, assuming the latter's thesis that it is defending users / consumers.
Not only is it false, but it is part of a demagogic position (much more than Apple's) behind which Adobe is hiding to incite customers of Apple products against the Cupertino manufacturer. Let's see it well ...
A server, the same ten years ago
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