Yeah, Flash created a golden age of indie animation and gaming. Although I think Macromedia has more to do with that than Adobe. Macromedia Flash was both affordable and easily pirateable, putting it in the hands of millions of budding artists.
Then Adobe bought it and duct-taped it to the Creative Suite and switched to a subscription-based business model.
Then Adobe bought it and duct-taped it to the Creative Suite and switched to a subscription-based business model.