UK: Flash is officially part of "full Internet"

Alex Hudson home at alexhudson.com
Wed Aug 27 17:04:25 UTC 2008


David Gerard wrote:
> Indeed. However, this issue is not in fact about Apple, it's about the
> ASA. FSFE may (or may not) be in a position to advocate against the
> decision that Flash is required to asdvertise "full internet" in the
> UK.
>   

In terms of "fair descriptions of goods", surely Flash is a necessity?

If we set aside the issue of free or non-free software for a moment, the 
number of sites which require Flash to work is sufficiently large that I 
would consider a system which couldn't access them to offer 
less-than-full access.

This is just about being honest with consumers, surely?

Thanks,

Alex.




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