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Summary

This is Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ 2010 public argument against using Adobe Flash on iPhone, iPod, and iPad. The piece advocates open web standards (HTML5, CSS, JavaScript) over Flash, argues that Flash is closed and problematic for security, power, and touch interfaces, and highlights WebKit and H.264 as superior alternatives. It frames the mobile web as a battleground between proprietary plugin ecosystems and open standards, with Apple positioning itself to promote the open web.