Developers wanting full scripting support; this is what lead to all the security problems.
Advertisers that turned an amazing animation system into a thing everyone hated.
Macromedia and then (to a much larger degree) Adobe that took every possible wrong turn imaginable. What started as a system that allowed interactive vector animation to play from a floppy (native player AND media) turned into a bloated mess with features no one wanted or people wanted for only selfish reasons.
Developers wanting full scripting support; this is what lead to all the security problems.
Advertisers that turned an amazing animation system into a thing everyone hated.
Macromedia and then (to a much larger degree) Adobe that took every possible wrong turn imaginable. What started as a system that allowed interactive vector animation to play from a floppy (native player AND media) turned into a bloated mess with features no one wanted or people wanted for only selfish reasons.