![]() He quoted a number of statistics and concluded with "Flash is no longer necessary to watch video or consume any kind of web content." Response ![]() ![]() Jobs tried to dismiss the idea that Apple customers are missing out by being sold devices without Flash compatibility. He touched on the idea of Flash being "open", claiming that "By almost any definition, Flash is a closed system". He cited the rapid energy consumption, poor performance on mobile devices, abysmal security, lack of touch support, and desire to avoid "a third party layer of software coming between the platform and the developer". On April 29, 2010, Steve Jobs, the co-founder and chief executive officer of Apple Inc., published an open letter called "Thoughts on Flash" explaining why Apple would not allow Flash on the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
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