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Adobe Flash in 2019 and 2020: You are behind the times.

Dear Decision Maker:

My shop eliminated Adobe Flash by 2009.  You are a decade behind.  It will cost you a lot of money if you don't heed my advice:
  • Explicitly prohibit all employees and contractors from using or deploying Adobe Flash in any way. 
  • Immediately assign someone the responsibility to fully eliminate Adobe Flash from all your systems and services.
Yes, this costs money.  Suck it up.  If you want to be professional and responsible, you have no choice.  You're already looking like an irresponsible idiot if you still use Flash.
Why:
  • Adobe Flash is end-of-life.  Adobe, the makers of Flash, is shutting it down Flash development and support in 2020.  Any web site requiring Flash today will not be usable in 2020. 
  • All of today's mobile platforms, smartphones, and tablets are incompatible with Flash.
  • Modern web browsers are beginning to fully block Flash due to its extreme security risks and its pending retirement.
  • Adobe Flash is the biggest security risk on the web.  Do you want your computer services to be used for security breaches?  No.

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