The battle between Apple and Adobe just got a little more intense. Adobe rekindled the fight after it was decided that the iPad wouldn’t support Flash. The battle started when the iPhone was first released. The first generation iPhone didn’t support Flash, but Adobe decided to make it available in the App Store. It would now seem that Flash will never be available on the iPhone. Recently, Adobe launched an ad campaign saying that they love Apple, but what they don’t love is “…having restrictions placed on what you create…”, obviously talking about Flash. Adobe then decided to take out ads in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal and made a comment to the company saying that they were stifling competition. Adobe issued a statement saying ‘We believe that consumers should be able to freely access their favorite content and applications, regardless of what computer they have, what browser they like, or what device suits their needs,’ The letter also read ‘No company — no matter how big or how creative — should dictate what you can create, how you create it, or what you can experience on the web.’ Apple then slammed Adobe’s Flash program, saying that it had major technical drawbacks. People connected with the ongoing issue said that US antitrust enforcers also may investigate Apple after a complaint from Adobe.
