Adobe Flash Player officially discontinued after years of problems – By Amy Coles (SKY News) / Jan 1 2021
The software has declined in popularity since the advent of the internet on mobile phones.
An internet plug-in that was responsible for some of the internet’s best-loved viral animations has officially been discontinued.
On 1 January software company Adobe stopped supporting and updating its Flash Player.
The company has asked users to uninstall the software before it blocks all Flash content from 12 January.
First released in 1996, Flash was instrumental in allowing content creators to make and share animations and games that could be downloaded quickly via a dial-up internet connection.
