Since Adobe announced it would no longer develop Flash Player for mobile devices on Wednesday, many have been wondering if Steve Jobs' objection to its use had something to do with its demise. According to Jobs' biographer Walter Isaacson, Jobs said Flash was "a spaghetti-ball piece of technology that has lousy performance and really bad security problems".

According to Isaacson, Jobs also said that "allowing Flash to be ported across platforms means things get dumbed down to the lowest common denominator".

Jobs' objection to flash player could have stemmed from a long lasting feud with Flash creator Adobe.

In 1999, Adobe refused to create a version of Adobe Premiere digital-graphics software for the Mac. Adobe also refused to rewrite Photoshop for the Mac's operating system, regardless of the fact that Macs were the most popular platform for designers.

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