Commanding two thirds or so of the browser market, Google’s decision to turn off Adobe Flash by default in Chrome before 2017 seems like the end of an era that’s always said to be ending.
Later this year we plan to change how Chromium hints to websites about the presence of Flash Player, by changing the default response of Navigator.plugins and Navigator.mimeTypes. If a site offers an HTML5 experience, this change will make that the primary experience. We will continue to ship Flash Player with Chrome, and if a site truly requires Flash, a prompt will appear at the top of the page when the user first visits that site, giving them the option of allowing it to run for that site (see the proposal for the mock-ups).
As usual, there are exceptions, starting with an official list of exempted Flash-serving domains. Can you guess what they are?
YouTube.com
Facebook.com
Yahoo.com
VK.com
Live.com
Yandex.ru
OK.ru
Twitch.tv
Amazon.com
Mail.ru