It's not really useless. The sweet spot is to disable browser plugins in the Android browser by default. And then only enable the Flash elements you specifically want. It works well for Hulu and whatnot.

Now, if the Android browser didn't let me disable everything by default, I would run screaming.

But with the scheme it has, it satisfies both camps, the people who don't want the encumbrance of Flash, and those who do.