Google details plans to phase out Flash Player
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Earlier this year, Google announced that it would no longer accept Flash-based ads for its AdWords and DoubleClick services. By the end of 2016, Google intends to change how its Chrome browser supports Flash content on websites, effectively phasing out the plugin in most instances.
The company prefers HTML5 content over Flash for security reasons, faster load times, and lower power consumption, so the company plans to have Chrome use HTML5 by default wherever the option is available. Many sites still use Flash, though, so Chrome ...