Apple has a pretty straightforward approach regarding tech they see as outdated or not good enough: They just cut it or don´t include it in their newer devices.
If that were true they would close shop because everything they sell is outdated and behind times compared to the PC side. Take mac book pro for example, it's ridiculously behind times compared to what one can get on the PC side. i7 chips, better, newer video cards with more options, and so on.

iPad is an already obsolete technology and it's not even out yet ( a $500 - $1000 device that runs just one app at a time, doesn't let you view 95 % of web that requires any kind of animation, games... )

Apple just wants to control what and who makes money, that's all. They don't see flash as outdated, they see it as competition to what they want to do.
Same with blue ray. They want it do die so people are eventually forced to use iTunes and Apple store instead of blue ray DVDs.