VP8 has patent protection from Google and MPEG-LA. Even Adobe are talking about adding it to Flash. Looks like it might win the format wars.
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Even the makers of Flash argue against splash pages on websites!
Archiving Flash content before the plugin dies and the websites disappear forever:
https://blog.usejournal.com/adobe-flashs-gaming-legacy-thousands-upon-thousands-of-titles-and-my-efforts-to-save-it-58c14811558a
(Though there's still a need to preserve content using platforms that aren't about to die, the demise of Flash has spurred this project.)
Tracking Flash's decline with Stack Overflow question trends, and looking at tech with similar trends: https://stackoverflow.blog/2017/08/01/flash-dead-technologies-might-next/