Jobs was widely known to have disliked Flash, and for very valid reasons. It's crap, and one of the biggest security nightmares that exists.
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/You want to call a dead man a "scumbag" because the company he ran charges a % on sales for coders using the ecosystem to sell their programs (as the other app store vendors do as well), that's on you, lol. The world doesn't run on charity and puppy kisses - it costs a company like Apple big money to run the itunes and app stores, and they take their base cut on all sales like every other app store does. MS does the same thing with their marketplace and media offerings. So does Google (Play), and the Amazon app market. RIM even does on it's appstore for BB. Jobs can be considered a "scumbag" for many things he did business wise, but Apple isn't doing anything different than the next guy in regards to the store.
Apple isn't forcing app developers to charge one thin dime for the programs they put on the app store. Saying that "if you want to play on an ipad you have to pay apple" is just silly, sorry. Make the best game in the world, Apple (or any other equivalent ecosystem/store) won't prevent you from giving it away for free. When a developer chooses to sell said program, you cannot very well chide a company that provides the soup to nuts buying experience for taking their cut, can you? Or do you go into a RL retail store and expect to buy items at wholesale rates, the operator of the storefront not taking a cut for their troubles?
A developer chooses whether or not to charge for their program, if you choose to buy it Apple (or Google/MS/RIM/Amazon) get their cut, just as any other curated store experience would. There's a lot to be said against the closed nature of the devices, and if one objects to that, don't use them. Jailbreaking is a 5 minute process otherwise, allowing you to sideload apps with 0 problems just as Android is able to do. Use what you like - choice is a wonderful thing.
There is very little need for Flash anymore with HTML 5 coming on strong, IMHO - agree on that fully.