Adobe Flash Player
Est. 1996·2020
“The plugin that powered an entire era of web games and animation. Killed by HTML5 and a decade of security holes.”
Lived 24 years · By Adobe
Lived
24y
1996 → 2020
Shutdown
December 31, 2020
Owner
Adobe
Category
Web tech
Domain status now
Domain reused
A new product or owner uses the original domain for an unrelated purpose.
adobe.com
Evidence & sources
Official shutdown source
Original domain
https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer.html
What replaced it
HTML5 + WebGL
developer.mozilla.org
Timeline
July 25, 2017
Adobe announces end-of-life for 2020
December 31, 2020
Flash Player end-of-life
January 12, 2021
Adobe begins blocking Flash content from running
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