Facebook Drops Flash

Another nail in Adobe Flash's coffin! Social networker Facebook is dropping the platform for ads in its desktop News Feeds. Major tech giants have been moving away from the technology in favor of open standards like HTML5. Fortunately for Adobe, the company continues to transition its core creative products to a subscription model, and Flash is financially insignificant.

In the following video, Fool contributor Evan Niu, CFA, and Eric Bleeker, CFA, discuss how Flash is dying and why Adobe investors shouldn't worry too much.

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