Funny thing when the iPhone came out, Steve Jobs/Apple was lambasted for not letting Flash on it. In the end he was correct. It was nothing but a security hole
The man was God. He was correct about everything.
On the other hand if that's all it was (a security hole) then how did it display video?
It was indeed poorly written, and definitely not written with the future in mind, but it worked for years and years. At the time it was released, and for many years afterward. What better solution was there at the time?
Mike