Has Adobe/Sys cut off 20% of its most affluent market with Flash Ver10.3?

System - PC - Vista - Internet Explorer 8
US Census Data -21.05 % of the population is 55. The median maximum income occurs at age 57. The median maximum wealth occurs at age 65. The writer holds that Version 10.3 is not accessable nor is it safe to use for the majority of video viewers in this age bracket.
Credentials - 1957 CALTECH computer lab Burroughs 110 to 1995 - Member of Select Committee investigating software problems with the Space Station IT system.
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Of the 34 unit owners (approx 50 people) only the writer and one other person have a clue about the difficulties being encountered and the security gotcha involved in upgrading to Version 10.3.
Adobe Installation Instructions. "Installation may require admistrative access to your computer which is normally provided by your IT department." Around here that's me. I just quit.
10.3 requires operation outside the Protected Mode. That's a non starter. In order to avoid endless warning messages from Microsoft - MS Malware and Virus Protection has to be turned off. - Besides the vocabulary being out of range to the layman - defeating the PC security barrier to view a video which was viewed yesterday on Ver 9.X is unacceptable from a personal set of security standards.
Give Greybeards a chance to spend their money on your advertisers - Give us Ver 9X (I already looked - It's gone) or a FP Basic. -Don't ask us to operate in an unsecured environment.
PS My personal resolution was that it is unworkable - It has been uninstalled (less than 9 seconds.)
GreybeardIT

Thanks for the reply. It is heartwarming to find it is the nature of forums to try to help others. Thanks again. I refreshed my memory of the archieves by again downloading the now minus one version of the FP. As you pointed out it may not work with many sites. Correct . My judgement based on a limited number of trials on business websites, is that the Latest Ver. 10.3.X includes a block to any attempt to view the video with an earlier version.
I would like to reestablish for readers (hopefully including Adobe) the essence of the original question. Here is the flaw I am witnessing with my neighbors in in Adobe's marketing strategy.:
Adobe inserts ads before videos and in other places in the "viewing experience" and is rewarded by consumer clicks to Adobe ad buyers.
Flashy, colorful ads display more content, appeal to many of the senses. and result in more clicks and therefore more income for Adobe,
The latest version incorporates IT technology to the point that it is exceeding the ability of older consumers to learn or keep up with system administrator level knowledge in order to install and/or safely (think Active X) use the Adobe ad deliivery system. From personal knowledge of the many PC users in this affluent consumer condo community Adobe has cut them off from viewing all videos. In fact, it is at top of the TGIF Happy Hour on the Terrace chat list. Computer problems including warning messages, system lock and slowing to a stop, rank right after the latest organ recital.
It will take time, but I predict that the actual number of consumer clicks on Adobe video ads may decrease, reduce income, and, hopefully begin a rethink about Adobe's disconnect to the (wealthiest) 55-85 age generation
Meantime, I have the knowledge needed to block any traffic from the Adobe Server site unless I have a specific interest in connecting. Adobe Management - Are you listing? Recomend you review the last 100 titles on this Flash Player Forum
Thanks again
Mike

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