I don't have any particular axe to grind....
nor am I here to comment on whether Jobs or Adobe, or no one, or everyone is right/wrong/insane/wombats.
And the only application I have ever disliked so intensely I would have paid money to have it permanently wiped from the face of the Earth was...well, someone here may love it just as passionately, so let's say it's a discontinued database program and leave it at that (after all, everyone hates SOME database program).
I offer only the following:
Safari on my Mac has crashed on a regular basis practically since its inception....until, a month ago, I installed ClickToFlash.
No, not an app for pantless raincoat wearers. It is a plug-in that blocks Flash content from loading, replacing it with a box labeled "Flash" and a small icon. Clicking the icon gives one an option to load Flash for that item only, or that entire site, plus a link to Preferences for other options.
Since then, Safari has crashed/frozen not almost daily, as it had been, but once.
The crash occurred after I had, in a browsing frenzy, opened 4 windows, each with at least 12 tabs, one with approx. 15...at which point I linked to a YouTube video, which got me interested in others on the same subject. 20 Flash videos later Safari froze, followed by a total system lockup, necessitating a restart.
Summary: No Flash, no crashes.
Rant level: No commentary, no opinions.
Hoping: No harm, no foul....?
Cheers,
c