Google Sunsetting Flash in Chrome; What's the Future?

[ThePro]

guess we don't get answers we just will wake up with no game to play

[Perwyn]

Here are two snips from the article TboneX linked to:

1> As a result, Flash will still come bundled with Chrome, but "its presence will not be advertised by default." Where the Flash Player is the only option for viewing content on a site, users will need to actively switch it on for individual sites. Enterprise Chrome users will also have the option of switching Flash off altogether.

2>A spokesperson for Adobe said it was working with Google in its goal of "an industry-wide transition to Open Web standards," including the adoption of HTML5.

"At the same time, given that Flash continues to be used in areas such as education, web gaming and premium video, the responsible thing for Adobe to do is to continue to support Flash with updates and fixes, as we help the industry transition," Adobe said in an emailed statement. "Looking ahead, we encourage content creators to build with new web standards."

So looking at what's being said in context, it doesn't look like there's any big worry about Flash going away overnight. Eventually, yes probably will, but it will likely take many years to happen.