Do I have to do anything to replace Adobe Flash Player?

I have received notice that Adobe Flash Player will be discontinued after 2020. Do I have to do anything to replace this?




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Posted on Oct 13, 2020 1:55 PM

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Posted on Nov 11, 2020 9:20 AM

WorldFlyBoy wrote:

I read the EOL above but I am still unclear what I have to do. Is there something that Apple uses to replace Flash Player?

There’s nothing you need to do except follow Adobe’s advice and uninstall Flash ASAP. Flash was replaced by HTML5 (a worldwide internet standard) years ago. HTML5 has been built into macOS for years too. After the first of the year any website or app that still requires Flash will start failing as ALL browsers drop support for it.

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Dec 29, 2020 4:39 PM in response to lkrupp

I've seen some discussions elsewhere of companies that are providing canned, sandboxed solutions for enterprise customers with business critical flash based applications to enable them to keep them running with minimal risk...


Of course, the price is astronomical... but it should be, considering the 3 1/2 year notice Adobe gave regarding the death of flash... Any business stupid enough to let things fester this long without taking action, deserves to get reamed if they need to keep them running.

Nov 30, 2020 11:27 AM in response to DJK804_69

DJK804_69 wrote:

Adobe flash is no longer available. My on-line banking won't run without it, so I was wondering if there is a replacement for it?

I have never heard of a bank the requires Flash. Flash was for years the most used attack vector by hackers and I can’t imagine any IT professional for a bank wanting to use it.


Is it possible that, like others, you are confusing Flash with PDF? PDF documents do not require Flash but are a completely different animal than Flash. Same company (Adobe), different software altogether.

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