{"id":2498,"date":"2010-04-21T09:41:54","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T08:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/2498-adobe-no-longer-investing-in-flash-compiler-for-iphone-sings-android-praises.html"},"modified":"2010-04-21T09:41:54","modified_gmt":"2010-04-21T08:41:54","slug":"adobe-no-longer-investing-in-flash-compiler-for-iphone-sings-android-praises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/2498-adobe-no-longer-investing-in-flash-compiler-for-iphone-sings-android-praises.html","title":{"rendered":"Adobe no longer investing in Flash compiler for iPhone, sings Android praises"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adobe\u2019s Mike Chambers has posted<\/a> about Apple\u2019s new restriction on how applications are built for the iPhone or iPad. He says Adobe is ceasing development work on this feature:<\/p>\n

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We will still be shipping the ability to target the iPhone and iPad in Flash CS5. However, we are not currently planning any additional investments in that feature.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Of course he says \u201ccurrently\u201d so development could be resumed, presumably if the restriction is lifted.<\/p>\n

He also suggests that Apple may be specifically targeting Flash despite the general wording of its notorious clause 3.3.1:<\/p>\n

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While it appears that Apple may selectively enforce the terms, it is our belief that Apple will enforce those terms as they apply to content created with Flash CS5.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Chambers spends much of his post saying how well Flash runs on Android – though Flash Player 10.1 and AIR 2.0 for Android are still in beta<\/a> – and suggesting that Flash developers target Android instead.<\/p>\n

The problem is that developers will go where their customers are. If Apple continues to increase its market share, its platform will continue to attract developers.<\/p>\n

This is another instance of something I blogged about two years ago: the risk of building your business on a third-party platform<\/a>. My post then was about Amazon, eBay and Facebook. Now the focus is on Apple. Other platforms like Salesforce.com and Google have the same inherent problem.<\/p>\n

I think this problem will get worse rather than better, as people migrate from general-purpose open platforms to more locked-down appliances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Adobe\u2019s Mike Chambers has posted about Apple\u2019s new restriction on how applications are built for the iPhone or iPad. He says Adobe is ceasing development work on this feature: We will still be shipping the ability to target the iPhone and iPad in Flash CS5. However, we are not currently planning any additional investments in … Continue reading Adobe no longer investing in Flash compiler for iPhone, sings Android praises<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,34],"tags":[123,137,158,353,380,394,422,501,797],"class_list":["post-2498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adobe","category-flash","tag-adobe","tag-amazon","tag-apple","tag-ebay","tag-facebook","tag-flash","tag-google","tag-iphone","tag-salesforce-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}