Steve Jobs disses Adobe Flash, writes a long letter justifying it
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UPDATE: Adobe CEO responds.
Apple CEO, Steve Jobs has posted his thoughts on Adobe Flash, which lists down six simple reasons “Why Apple doesn’t allow Flash”. The post goes down highlighting the flaws in Adobe’s Flash but the most important reason Jobs claims that using Flash to develop iPhone OS apps “ultimately results in sub-standard apps and hinders the enhancement and progress of the platform.” How we are not sure but it will be interesting to see Adobe’s reply on this one. To sum it up, Jobs says that Flash was created for a computer and mice and not optimized for the touch interface, which Apple’s iPhone, iPod touch and iPad boasts of.
You can read Steve Jobs’ letter here and an interesting analysis of his letter over here.
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