They will remove all downloads after 2020:
https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html
There is a way for enterprise users and developers to enable Flash
Player (in browser) beyond 2020 (it's just unsupported):
https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/enterprise-end-of-life.html
https://community.adobe.com/t5/flash-player/adobe-flash-player-end-of-life-past-dec-31-2020-how-is-blocking-of-flash-content-enforced/td-p/11184441?page=1
I can't imagine how they would block standalone Flash Player / Flash
Debug Player (especially older versions) if you disconnect your network
cable. Or cover it with tin foil.
On 12/3/2020 4:24 PM, Josh Tynjala wrote:
> I have only heard that the browser plugin will stop working, so the
> standalone executable should still work, if you have it already.
>
> If anyone needs the standalone debugger executable, I highly recommend
> downloading it immediately, just in case Adobe decides to take things down.
> I recently discovered that they already took down most old versions of
> playerglobal.swc (except version 32) and most of their Flash/Flex/AIR
> content has been moved to a special archive download page. There are a lot
> of 404s for old Flash-related pages on Adobe's website these days. It's
> best to assume that they will remove all of the remaining Flash content
> suddenly one day without warning.
>
> --
> Josh Tynjala
> Bowler Hat LLC <https://bowlerhat.dev>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 1:56 PM Harbs wrote:
>
>> What does the EOL mean to Royale?
>>
>> Specifically, we rely on Flash to run tests when compiling the framework.
>> Is it only the tests which will be a problem or is there something else?
>>
>> Is the Flash Player Debugger also going to stop working or is this just
>> the Flash browser plugin?
>>
>> Harbs
