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		magoon on July 17, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Two men wrote the original Adobe Flash in 1993 - w... Won't there always be a dominant plugin? If it's not Flash, isn't there some other optional-yet-ubiquitous installable that gives certain sites an edge over the lowest common denominator of browser tech?

dsirijus on July 17, 2012 | [–]

That has sort of delegated to browser choice now.

lmm on July 18, 2012 | | [–]

Not now that mobile is king; installing plugins is much harder there. (To my mind they were always a bad idea anyway)

InclinedPlane on July 17, 2012 | [–]

Why?

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