YouTube and ending support of old browsers

[Hillboy]

So I get on to YouTube at school and there this message on the banner at the top

You are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 web browser. YouTube is ending support for Internet Explorer 7 soon, update your browser now.

Normally I wouldn't care because Internet Explorer 7 is terrible and I already use Google Chrome, but my school and tons of other people out there our going to be screwed over. Any thoughts on this?

 

[Superschlock]

Re: YouTube no longer supporting IE

They should upgrade to a better browser, or at least a better IE.

 

[Orion]

Re: YouTube no longer supporting IE

YouTube does this for all old browsers. They offer less functionality and are generally less secure. It doesn't matter that it's Internet Explorer. The same happens for Opera, Firefox, even Chrome.

That these people use an old version of IE such as that seems to me to indicate these people mightn't be the most tech-savvy or security-concerned, which means it's just as well that this is happening: It forces them onto a more secure browser where they are less likely to inadvertently harm themselves.

 

[Wehrmacht]

people shouldn't be using such an incredibly outdated (and terrible) browser to begin with.

 

[KeyofEvil'sBane]

Your school is going to be screwed over? Most schools I know just block youtube completely

 

[Hillboy]

Your school is going to be screwed over? Most schools I know just block youtube completely

Our school did last year, but it pissed off so many people the IT guy was pressured to change it

 

[alexand]

Most schools I know just block youtube completely

Yes, our school has banned it this year.

 

[ROXAS_32]

Still can acess it at my school. actually my school has a youtube channel that they post videos on to.. but i guess college is alittle different than high school.

 

[KeyofEvil'sBane]

Still can acess it at my school. actually my school has a youtube channel that they post videos on to.. but i guess college is alittle different than high school.

Yea, I was more of referring to high schools. Colleges don't really seem to give a fuck when it comes to youtube

 

[Taylor]

this happens every single year there's no surprise at all.

 

[MegaWallflower]

Our school did last year, but it pissed off so many people the IT guy was pressured to change it

Hard to believe that would get them to lift the block. My school's blocked youtube, too.