# The death of Flash

DevFeed: [The death of Flash](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-death-of-flash-105435.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/10/28/the-death-of-flash/>)

Author: Anne Barela

Published: 2026-10-28T20:01:24Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Adafruit Industries](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/adafruit-industries-makers-hackers-artists-designers-and-engineers.md>)

Topics: [video js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/video-js.md>), [90s web design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/90s-web-design.md>), [Streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/streaming.md>)

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## AI overview

The excerpt presents the iPhone's lack of Adobe Flash support, announced by Steve Jobs, as a turning point: video on iOS had to use HTML5, prompting companies to move streaming away from Flash. It frames Video.js, an open source HTML5 video player, as a product of that shift and introduces a longer CultRepo documentary about it. The supplied text is an excerpt and does not provide further technical detail about Flash, HTML5, or Video.js.

## Source excerpt

CultRepo posted a 51 second clip on YouTube about the moment Flash started to disappear from the web. It points to Steve Jobs announcing that the iPhone would not support Adobe Flash, which meant video on iOS had to run through HTML5 instead. That decision pushed companies across the internet to move their video streaming [...]