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The NYT's OS-Restrictive Video Policies

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the could-be-an-oversight dept.

ro1 writes to mention a story on Linux.com about the NYT's confusing video policies. Essentially, if you're running Linux you can only see videos running on the front page of the site; videos elsewhere on the site require Windows or OSX. Roblimo has a video tour of the NYT site to explain the issue in detail. (Linux.com and Slashdot are both owned by OSTG.)

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  1. Re:Wow. by advocate_one · · Score: 1, Troll
    Can you imagine if they had someone at a brick and mortar store and they threw out every 10th person who walked through?

    they do that anyway... credit scoring... "no, you can't have an account with us... you're too poor... you don't borrow enough... you pay off your credit cards in full every month... you defaulted on a loan six years ago..."

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    Donald 'Duck' Dunn: We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline.
  2. Re:Netcraft confirms by plague3106 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Free tinfoil: the OS check is so bizarre and unnecessary that I think it should be looked into. Did any money change hands to make this happen?

    They want to prevent money from changing hands; their hands to the hands of their web designes / programmers. Seriously, supporting other OSes costs money. To properly support Linux, they'd have to setup various linux workstations, with various versions of the browser and flash player and test them all. To do that costs quite a bit of money they'd rather not spend.

    I'm sick of these 'website dosen't support linux?!!13' stories. The answer is simple; to PROPERLY support said OS / Browser, you actually have to test your site with that OS / Browser, you don't just assume it works. Geez people, get over it. There isn't enough users on Linux for them to support anything but the main pages. Be happy they are doing that at least.