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0 pointsjfb11y ago0 comments

The only reason I kept Chrome around is because I occasionally wanted to watch Youtube videos that were Flash only. I wasn't going to install Flash system-wide, so I was grateful for Google's approach of maintaining a private Flash instance. Now, that usecase is become less of a problem, so I can ditch Chrome, which I never used otherwise.

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simlevesque11y ago

You could have watched a video on Youtube on Firefox for the last year at least. It was a setting in your Youtube account.

aw3c211y ago

Some people like not having accounts on any random website that will be used for tracking and targetting.

simlevesque11y ago

Do these people use Chrome ?

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polshaw11y ago

Parent was a bit wrong; you didn't need an account or to be signed in. IIRC, you went to youtube.com/html5 and enabled it.

delsalk11y ago

>I occasionally wanted to watch Youtube videos that were Flash only

Are there any examples of flash only video? I used to use a 3rd party extension that would show videos in html5 and i never came accross any video that required me to load it in flash. I'm curious how Youtube tries to deliver those videos now.

jfbOP11y ago

There used to be many. I haven't encountered one in a while, however.

serf11y ago

about in video in academia, ever.

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