i'm not quite sure what you're saying, but i'll give interpretation a try.
i'm not advocating flash over a fantastic alternative like xvid+vorbis.
the point is the masses use flash now. i don't know or care why it has
become popular as a medium, but it is. it is valuable in that it is not
just used for stupid videos mentioned above, which many people might
think, but is used for informative and other public service needs, like
is mentioned elsewhere in this thread about skydiving equipment.
if i had to guess i would compare it to your friendly government website
requiring internet explorer. they don't have the skilled staff to write
a web page based on standards since they have sold out to microsoft, so
they continue on the easy route and use some microsoft website builder
which breaks countless standards but is easy for them to implement. now
they are serving 90% of internet users with a public service which was
otherwise unavailable. meanwhile, the other 10% of people like us are
bitter. overall, though, a great benefit has been bestowed upon society
as a whole. blah blah viruses, blah blah security holes.. it obviuosly
doesn't matter if it is easy and serves a large majority.
and i'm not sure where content protection came into this or what it has
to do with anything. i hate content protection though, i'll say that much.
who are we to deny a user their right to the content on the internet? i
think we should stop arguing on moral grounds and put effort towards a
viable and secure solution to those without a microsoft operating system.
