Not sure why you're being downvoted, because you're right.<p>Adobe feels like that for the same reason: you get an annoying swagger when you own a monopoly.<p>Adobe owns "rich content" on the web. And just like Microsoft, they also know what a pain technology transitions are.  No company wants to support a flash version <i>and</i> an HTML5 version of their site/product/app.  And just like Microsoft, they'll start to advertise how all the fun stuff runs on their platform instead of building new stuff.<p>Realistically, flash is here to stay at least until IE supports HTML5 and achieves a critical mass.  Until then, Adobe can give the finger to everyone and maintain control no matter how hard developers or competitors whine. Feels very familiar indeed.