I read the article with increasing amazement the farther into it I got. Among the six reasons why OMG we'll all die if we can't keep flash:

....That's funny. I could have sworn this article was about why we should WANT Flash, not about why Adobe should burn in hell for 10,000 years.

The other three, while not quite as egregious, are still not exactly compelling arguments for why web users should be very, very sad if Flash dies. What the hell was the author thinking here?

do the other browsers provide this advantage? not that i've heard...

I have been waiting for data plan prices to become more reasonable

Well then here you go! The plan is $5/month cheaper now over what it was! Don't you have WiFi in your home at all to avoid using only the data network? Have you ever looked at your ACTUAL monthly data usage on a smart phone? Mine is not even close to 2GB/month, even using tethering.

In fact if you do have WiFi and are mostly doing stuff around WiFi, you might well opt for the even CHEAPER DataPlus plan -just 200MB/month on the cell network, but it's also only $15 instead of $25 (and remember the current plan was $30). For those who mostly use WiFi, isn't it nice to have a choice? I mean, Slashdot in general seems to say they are about choice, but when an actual choice is presented they growl like a rabid ferret.

The toll (a dozen this year) is lower than the suicide rate among the general population in China. But the deaths have raised questions about working conditions in electronics manufacturing in general and in particular at Foxconn, which keeps its customers secret, rarely opens its plants to outsiders and routinely ignores press inquiries.

Canada basically has only two wireless brands, owned by one company.

...At that point, you don't replace the motherboard. You might as well replace everything else first...

... Yeah, the Extreme costs $100 more than some random junk at Best Buy, but Time Machine worked instantly out-of-the-box, which was well worth the extra $100 I spent.

Next argument.