Why does apple refuse to support flash media? Is it a security issue or politics?

Constantly I come accross websites that require a flash player and now that we are in an ios7 enviroment you'd think this issue would be resolved. I mean why does my OSX in my mac have no problems but my iphone/ipad forget it. Will Apple ever resolve this issue?

hot_spur wrote:
Phil, while there is some truth in what you say, it is a bit misleading.
"Besides the fact that Flash is closed and proprietary, has major technical drawbacks, and doesn’t support touch based devices, there is an even more important reason we do not allow Flash on iPhones, iPods and iPads. We have discussed the downsides of using Flash to play video and interactive content from websites, but Adobe also wants developers to adopt Flash to create apps that run on our mobile devices." Emphasis mine.
I guess I should have said "allow" not "support." My bad.
Read the whole thing:
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/
And why is that bad?
Yes Apple has said why Flash is not on their devices.  Its up to Adobe to create a version that meets Apple requiremements.  But since they've ceased all development for mobile Flash that is not going to happen.
Its not that they did not want to allow it ever, its just that it never met their specifications to be on their devices.
When you go to someone's house you adhere to their rules, you don't go stomping around in your muddy shoes on their couch do you?
That's what Adobe was trying to do, stomp on their profits by injecting Flash Based Apps that apple cannot control which would be a serious security risk as well as a financial detriment to all the developers that produce high quality Apps for the App store.
Again, Apple only wants to keep their devices secure, and profitable. Shock that a company is out to make profits

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