We've hired a developer to build a Unity3D game for both iOS and web. The web version was built over the summer using the Unity web player, which no longer works on Chrome since NPAPI support was dropped. The developer is trying to pawn the web version off to us advising that it works for Firefox, and that is good enough. The contract explicitly states the target browser is Chrome, and therefore we have the option of declining the web part of the project.
The game is part of a research project, and although far from ideal, Firefox support may meet our needs. Our biggest concern is that Firefox and other browsers may follow suit and drop support for the NPAPI plugin, thus rendering the game obsolete, potentially before the two year study is complete. Is it a safe bet NPAPI plugin support is on its way out within the next couple of years?
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