On March 13th, YouTube are stopping support for older browsers.
The following browsers will be impacted by the change:
Any browser older than Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0
Any browser older than Mozilla Firefox 3.0
Any browser older than Google Chrome 4.0
Any browser older than Safari 3.0+
Note that users of these browsers will still be able to watch YouTube videos, but some new features may not be supported.
Quiz time.
Question: What’s the only thing you do in YouTube?
(a) Watch videos
(b) Other
The bigger question: Will Google have the power to move these people to a new technology?
(a) No
(b) Probably not
The biggest question: How many people (1) use these old browsers (2) use YouTube and (3) know how to install a new web browser?
(a) Less than five
(b) Less than ten
