Well, it's not as simple as 'Apple being too brilliant to recognize some basics', I'm afraid. Check out the various Apple statements on Flash, and you will see Apple's reasoning behind the decisions.
You probably should have done a bit of research before buying.
I just hope this doesn't start up another unpleasant Flash discussion as there have been so many already. Opinions are very divided on the subject, and I'm not going to start it up again here.