Just recently, Apple changed the agreement over how programs can be made on the iPhone OS 4.0, only allowing C, C++ and Objective C to be used. This is obviously a change aimed at Adobe where they have this ability in Flash CS5 that allows one to compile a Flash application to the iPhone. Now they are crying fowl and want to sue Apple.
Excuse me? Adobe, you have treated Mac users as second class citizens. This is evident when they ditch Premiere on the Mac, delayed their transition for the apps on Mac OS X, don’t have Universal Binary of the Applications until 2007… Who is the lazy one now? The problem is that most creative people mostly use Macs and they are not going to ditch a Mac just to use your products on Windows. The problem is that you neglected the Mac and also the Linux platform for Flash just to focus more on catering for the Windows users. Do you think it’s fair? Why does Flash take more CPU on Mac OS X while playing a Youtube video. Why does Flash and Adobe Air suck so much on Linux? How come it took a whole year to fix that Flash crash bug that affected every OS? Because, they don’t care about those non-Windows users and more interested in filling their pockets with money by selling extremely expensive creative suites that are bloated on top of draconian DRM that does absolutely nothing to thwart piracy.
Adobe, the problem is that you can’t just sue Apple because they don’t allow flash. The AppStore is not a monopoly since there are other devices that have an AppStore like Android and Blackberry. Apple also don’t control the majority of the smartphone market share (They only control around 15%) let alone the whole cellphone market share. The problem with Adobe is that you are being a wuss and not fixing your software that has bugs and instead of moaning and say that it’s all Apple’s fault. Go ahead and pull your creative suite, you know that Apple will create replacements to bring more pressure like they did with Final Cut Pro. You aren’t helping yourself by mistreating all the creative professionals who depend on the Mac and also your software. Instead of wasting your time with a lawsuit that would otherwise fail, you should fix your software and make up with Apple. Creative Professionals that uses Macs (not the fanboys) shouldn’t have to be shafted because you can’t put fully functional software without bugs, so do yourself a favor… fix your software and stop whining… or be left behind…
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