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@Johnny Vegas Flash does way, way more than video on the web. It couldn't even do video for the first several years. It's use in education is a perfect example. HTML5 is no holy grail (yet). It is nowhere as suited for the development of rich media (such as this math site) than Flash. This is the problem. We are being sold and inferior platform at this point (I work for a company that develops in both). You can get YouTube's HTML5 player now if you want. It's been around for many months--problem is, it sucks. Also, as the media companies embrace HTML5 more (which will require HTML5 to improve to the point that it can accomplish the same ads as you can in Flash with the same amount of effort), you will get your annoying ads. You just won't be able to turn them off, since there's no plugin to block.
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