Is Not Having Flash a Way to Protect the iPad Gaming Market?

No one knew what to expect when the iPad wasthis plugin was left out so that consumers couldn't
announced. One was not sure if it was a full OSXplay these games on their iPad but were forced to
system or something else. Now we know it's aonly use the App Store to get their gaming needs.
system fairly similar to the iPhone working just aboutA secondary argument is that Flash poses a security
the same way although it has quite a bit moreissue. It's true that Flash makes browsers vulnerable.
processing power.Many targets to the browser in the past year have
One big complaint is that Apple chose to leave thebeen to the plugins like Flash versus security issues
Flash player off the device. A user currently has nowith the browser itself. If security is an issue, it
way of adding this to the device despite the factwould be nice to get a choice. Let a user get warning
that it's powerful enough to handle the plugin. Is thismessage about security issues and decide for himself
a way of protecting the gaming market on theor herself whether to install the plugin or not.
device?Hopefully down the road this will be an option since
If you do a search for "Flash games", you will comethe hardware can handle it. It would be nice to use
up with thousands of sites with tens of thousands ofone's own device in ways that are quite normal on
games. While some of these games require keyboardmost computer systems.
controls, many are point and click. Many wonder if