It's so nice to see all the interesting upsides and new techniques at play and I wished Flash would've stayed more relevant as it gives the end user more things to play with.
There are a lots of things that could benefit by being made in flash instead of just having non interactable video files.
It's also really nice to know that i'm not the only one that thinks that older hardware, software, systems and methods can very much have their benefits over what supposedly should replace them.
Your talk about what if people kept finding new ways of using the same stuff and keep building on the existing work is interesting. I always imagine what could come out of the Super Nintendo or PS1 or other hardware and software if people just kept making things for them. There's probably so much more that can be brought out of these already existing systems.
And something that's newer isn't by default just an improvement on what came before.
It can be, but in the end that's on the user to determine.