Why is Adobe Flash Player required sometimes -alternatives?

Personally, I would avoid Flash Player. The problem is that besides being a major vector for malware looking for bugs they can exploit, Flash Player "Updates" are a frequent phishing attack vector, where either an email, or a pop-up that claims there is a Flash Player update, and try to trick you into clicking on it, which installs malware.

If you MUST use Flash for a website, then the ONLY time I suggest Chrome is for this. Chrome has it own Google provided Flash Player built-in and Chrome does automatic updates if you let it. So fire up Chrome to access the website that is not willing to update to current standards, do what you need to do, then quit Chrome and go back to your normal browser which is less resource intensive than Chrome.

Yes, it's not surviving and thriving, but its still gasping along.

And it appears it will a while before it takes its last gasp.

Like most parasites it is hard to completely kill.

😁

Yes, that is certainly food for second thoughts. I just checked mine for updates and installed them.

Stuart423 wrote:

Adobe Flash Player is the state of the art motion/video plug in.

Hardly. Adobe Flash Player is a security nightmare and is slowly but surely dying a well deserved death.

Gosh, Wally...maybe you can tell us what the OP should use instead of Flash?

Yeah, we get that.

Let's mark KiltedTim down as 'not a fan-o-Flash'.

There are no alternatives that work, so there is no alternative, the OP must weigh the possible consequences of using it against the definite consequences of not using it.

It is not a choice in Safari because it is a whole other browser, you install it if you want it.

1.Start Chrome

2.pick a place to go

The Chrome installer will probably put it where it belongs, in the Applications folder, you can then put a shortcut to it on the dock if you want