Google Denies Altering YouTube Code To Break Microsoft Edge (theverge.com)

Earlier this week, a former Microsoft Edge intern alleged that Google deliberately introduced bogus changes to YouTube to break the functionality of the video portal when users on Edge and other browsers tried to access the website. Google today denied the allegation. From a report: Google disputes Bakita's claims, and says the YouTube blank div was merely a bug that was fixed after it was reported. "YouTube does not add code designed to defeat optimizations in other browsers, and works quickly to fix bugs when they're discovered," says a YouTube spokesperson in a statement to The Verge. "We regularly engage with other browser vendors through standards bodies, the Web Platform Tests project, the open-source Chromium project and more to improve browser interoperability." In a statement, Microsoft said, "Google has been a helpful partner and we look forward to the journey as we work on the future of Microsoft Edge."

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we believe

[zlives]

1. we believe google when they say that they didn't blank microsoft
2. we believe microsoft that the blank div is the only reason edge was a massive fuckin piece of crap and failed.

Re:we believe

[Anonymous Coward]

I believe Microsoft suspected Google of playing dirty, because that's exactly what Microsoft would have done.

Re:we believe

[hairyfeet]

If you believe either company isn't running on maximum nastiness setting these days? I have a bridge you might be interested in. From GOOG locking more and more of Android behind the Playwall and making what SHOULD be bog standard X86 laptops that are so locked down you have to jailbreak them (and still can't run any OS you want like on a standard X86 lappy) to MSFT using the poor Windows Home peasants as beta testers for their Enterprise customers? Frankly both companies have become so damn douchey they give Massengill a run for their money.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, they should have broken up MSFT in 00 and they should break up GOOG now, you have too much power in too small a space and nothing good will come of it. We saw what it was like during the "Requires IE 6" days and its looking like its gonna get that way again with Chrome and it wasn't good then but will be even worse now with the push for SaaS.

When Asking Google ..

[corezz]

... does this reporter seriously think Google was ever going to say: "We sure did try to cripple Edge! Guilty as charged! Oh and bring on the anti-trust lawsuits because we don't give a fook."