Apple changes dev. agreement. Flash apps are a go

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  • raf0

    "They bought Macromedia and integrated their apps into their suite. It's not like they killed any of them.. "

    As much as I don't feel like arguing with you Boz, they bought their only direct competition which counted on the market and killed overlapping products: GoLive, Freehand, ImageReady and whatever it was that was supposed to be Flash killer back in 2000.

    I can replace my MacBook with a similar competing computer with Windows (not that I'd like that). I can replace my iPhone with many competing products on the market.

    I can replace Photoshop with... wait, I cannot, because Adobe swallowed their competition.
    I can replace Flash with... nothing yet, but hopefully at some point with a free standard wrongfully or not called html5, in large part thanks to Apple policy.

    Not sure if you get it: I can choose if I have to pay Apple, but we all have to pay Adobe.

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    • LiveMotionPIZZA
    • Hahah, who do you think they swallowed in terms of Photoshop exactly, Corel? Bullshit. They have a monopoly, but very little of it has to do with them buying Macromedia.NONEIS
    • has to do with them buying Macromedia.NONEIS
    • You're actually right, Photoshop had not MM equivalent. Still, it applies to all other app categories mentioned.raf
    • you talk as tho Macromedia had something to compete with Photoshop.zarkonite
    • from a web design perspective it does, Firefox kicks the shit out of Photoshop for UI workPIZZA
    • but wankey digital painting shit and photo retouching then yeah no rivalPIZZA
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