On the last day of 2020, Adobe is discontinuing support for the Flash Player, which it has been working on for years.

Starting from January 1, 2021, any technologies, players and content based on this technology will become unavailable. For most users, the disappearance of Flash will be invisible - Flash technology, a security problem, has long been a relic of the past. Now developers are using more modern and standardized solutions.

The company said that they would not only stop supporting the technology, but also delete all archives of previous versions, block absolutely all Flash-based content and stop releasing updates. Thus, Adobe decided to protect users of the global network from the actions of intruders who can use outdated technology for their own purposes.

Users will receive notifications about the need to remove the corresponding software for some time.