Adobe Flash Player ending sparks wave of jokes, memes and tributes

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After years of complaints and frustrations, the software that created a multitude of nostalgic animated computer games will no longer be supported. Here's how Twitter reacted.

In 2020, December 31 is not only being celebrated as New Year's Eve. For many internet users it marks another milestone: the death of Adobe Flash.nostalgic animated video games

will no longer be supported after Thursday, with Adobe blocking Flash content from running in Flash Player from January 12, 2021. The software—which was designed as a way to make internet apps that can play audio and video content from a browser or plug-in—has long been despised in some corners of the internet due to a bevy ofoutdatednessBut its long-awaited demise still sparked a wave of tributes on Twitter over the past 24 hours, fueling jokes and memes as users mentally prepared for the end.

"I didn't own consoles growing up, so Flash is how I learned to love games. Many of my fondest memories from childhood are of Flash games and animations. Thanks for all the memories. May heaven grant you fortune,"

 

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