Apple questions Adobe Flash
 

Steve Job's describes six gripes with Flash. From the Washington Post on 30 Apr 2010:
Steve Jobs doesn't like Adobe Flash

And Adobe strikes back.

This is an old thread, but I have (for me) a new problem.
Is anyone else seeing this issue pop up, starting over the past couple of weeks ?

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As I understand it, activating this "Add On" allows each separate website source
to collect personal information on your own computer, and to use such information
in any way they wish.

I've tried to avoid such things (Google, FaceBook, etc). It is irritating,
erratic, and persistent as you move from one website (media player) to another.

Apparently most people don't even know half of it. If I go to the Cellar, only one IP connection exists. However many sites mean my conputer now has maybe 50 IP connection to many sites including Facebook, Akamai, amazonaws, softlayer, amailtechnologies, aol, data.net, wallst.com, and many others that only have IP addresses (no names). Sometimes these connections close when I leave that site. More often, these remain with other sites, I will close them repeatedly and they simply restore the connection.

These are maintained by one or multiple instances of the brower that do not appear on the desktop. Sometimes when all browser windows close, then those other instances remain open so that those web sites (I suspect) can also monitor what I do on other web sites.

Sometimes these instances cause the browswer to reload with a message that asks if I want to restore the last session. Because those other instances were still open when I shutdown. Sometimes those IP addresses have opened other processes (including CMD.com) that can only be found and closed by Task Manager.

I suspect these were made possible by debates in both Google and Microsoft as to whether their browsers should support advertising or permit users to block these other IPs. Apparently the 'block IP' function lost in both companies.

All these open IP connections make the computer act slow. Sometimes the demanded web site will not load until these other third party sites have completed their downloads - resulting in a message that the web site is not responding. So I close these 'junk' IP addresses. And suddenly by browser immediately connects to that requiested web site. Suddenly my computer acts faster. For a while until those junk IP addresses reconnect and start consuming more internet bandwidth.

I suspect most everyone then assumes their computer is slow. Do not know their computer could have 60 active connections to these other data collection sites.

OK tw, that is quite informative. Thank you.
Now, my question is along the lines of how to avoid all that.

I have found that if I delete Adobe Flash, some websites are just fine.
But some are not... YouTube for example.

Is there an alternative setting to Adobe Flash, or an alternative to Adobe Flash.

As best I can tell, the API necessary to block them for IE and Chrome do not exist. An API apparently does exist for Netscape browsers. That means an Add-On is obtained that only works on Netscape browsers. But I have forgotten that name.

LOTS of YouTube videos are viewed in Flash viewer, BUT, you can find many videos viewable in HTML5. No Flash required.

I often have to ctrl+alt+delete to shut down chrome after I close the browser. annoying as fuck.