Yesterday, I thought Marco Arment put it best. Today, John Gruber ups the ante:

Sometimes the next thing does less, and is better for it — not in every way, but overall. If we never let go of old technology, we’d be buried in complexity and crushed by outdated crap.

The first sentence is what technology pundits that try to talk down Apple’s success and (or because they) don’t understand it don’t get. The second sentence is pure gold – it’s everything I’ve ever wanted to say in regards to Flash (and others) in the most compact way of saying it. As clear and concise as Apple products.