Website requiring Flash Player

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A family member is trying to complete an online induction package but the information provided states that Flash Player is required. Flash Player is no longer available. Can it still be downloaded? The Adobe site actually suggests that it has been blocked.
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Would probably avoid using that website if its not been updated since the many years of notifications from companies such as google, apple and adobe about it being discontinued most developers and websites should have removed due to this if they were up to date on best practices
Flash was discontinued January 2021: https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html - so any websites that still insist on it are well out of favour.
It doesn't seem an unreasonable request, considering that:
Adobe Flash Player EOL General Information Page
Madness that any corporation is still using training with Flash embedded. Shows how out of date the training course must be.
Masses of resources we've relied on for years are now useless (unless you dig out an old computer and choose browsers very carefully).
What a waste!