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     If you have a modern simile for Tablets, 
     Flash is just completely redundant
I'm against Flash but this argument doesn't hold. It's like saying - if you have a modern website designed for mobile phones, than a native iOS app is redundant.

Flash is not redundant if it allows you to escape the browser's limits. Here, I'll give you an example -- try doing chat-roulette without Flash.

If HTML5 doesn't do it now, it soon will.

http://devworks.thinkdigit.com/Internet/Native-webcam-suppor...

Pretty soon a 'chatroulette' type app without Flash will be a reality. Plus, it will work with tablets and phones, something Flash soon won't be doing.

It was just an example -- the browser is by definition limited. This also has advantages, but experimenting with new capabilities is not one of them.

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