FedEx will give you $5 to reinstall Flash

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The world’s most hated plug-in is clinging on thanks to a generous $5 discount offer from FedEx, which apparently desperately needs customers to reenable Adobe Flash to be able to print things from its website. If you head on over to the company’s online printing portal, you’ll be kindly instructed to reenable Flash in Chrome or Safari settings, or install it again if you’ve purged it from your machine.

“As a thank you for your patience and for being a valued FedEx Office customer, please use ‘FLA726’ at checkout to receive $5 off on orders over $30,” the offer reads.

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Granted, a good number of sites still do run on Flash, especially free webgame sites and those with custom video…

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