SydneyInPeril posted at 7:33 AM Tue, 22 October 2024 - #4490651

Very very very few software companies can get bigger by buying another company's software to make their own; Adobe is literally one of the few that's managed to make that work by being able to afford to pay what it takes to retain talent through an acquisition, and even they've faltered (Adobe Flash anyone?).

Flash... That one's an interesting case. It's an exception. For years, it was perfectly fine under Adobe's banner. Apple killed it by banning it from the iphone. That's a simplification. This article explains better: https://www.howtogeek.com/805605/this-is-how-steve-jobs-killed-adobe-flash/

Ironically, there are still Flash emulators and there are places one can still find and play Flash games and such, though likely not on the iphone.