My Thoughts on Flash vs. Apple, and HTML5

Although I have often heard the word "Flash" being thrown around, I never really knew what it was. Every couple of months, I get a pop up saying that I need to update my flash, or sometimes I cant get onto websites I visit without updating it. On "editme.com/HTML5-vs-Flash", they explain that Flash displays rich, dynamic and interactive content such as audio, video and SVG (scalable vector graphics) used for games and other interactive graphics applications. I know that Flash has been a necessary piece in web development history. Apparently now, Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, is trying to kick Flash out of the game and force them to keep up with the ever-changing web. Apple does not support Flash for six reasons, most importantly being because he believes that there is not need for flash with HTML5 out. HTML5 can play audio, video, and has SVG support without third party software(Flash). Another reason being that Apple mobile devices can support full web and be able to play videos on You Tube and other popular sites, unfortunately Schuster pointed out that these sites are only available from apps downloaded at the app store, not from a web browser. Jobs also pointed out that battery life is decreased when used with flash and flash is not compatible with touch screen devices, which is probably true. Overall, what I gathered from both sides of the argument is that they both need to give a little. Flash needs to update their software with changing technology and Apple shouldnt just throw them out on their ass and not use it at all.