Still, there are some ways to unblock Adobe Flash Player on Chrome:įlash Player was previously one of the most widely used technologies for displaying multimedia content on the Internet and was responsible for playing Flash-based content, such as videos, graphics, looped background music when opening a website, and was present on every website you visited.Īs web content creators moved away from it and toward faster and safer open web technologies, Adobe dropped support for Flash, requiring major technology companies like Google to do the same. The key reason for such modifications is high vulnerability of Flash Player. Website owners and software developers knew about the alternative approximately 2,5 years ago, therefore they had enough time to switch to HTML5technology.

The developing company made such a decision last year, and active users were informed about it via the messaging system of the player. It will be many years before Flash finally undergoes its extremely slow death, and for the time being it's still a good idea to have a working (and up to date) Flash setup going.The majority of Internet users already know that it is impossible to watch the content with the help of Adobe Flash Player because it was blocked on the 12th of January, 2021. Try it if you want, but remember I warned you.Īlthough I still prefer HTML5 over Flash, I have to admit that there are still plenty of websites that use Flash. Once that's done, you should be good to go! At time of writing, hardware acceleration still doesn't work, but it could very well be fixed soon. It automatically updates and is great for dealing with Flash issues. Now, you should be able to use the newer Flash in your favorite browser! If you also have the older Flash installed, it's a good idea to uninstall it or find a way to disable it in your browser. The first is a browser extension available for Chrome that you can extract on this page and enable with Chrome Developer mode.

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