Google denied saying that 'I changed YouTube code to counter Microsoft Edge'


by Arthur Osipyan

2018 December 7, Microsoft has abandoned the browser engine of its own development, which has been adopted by the Edge of the web browser, to develop a Chromium-based browser of open source announcement was. After that, the person who was engaged in the development of Edge pointed out that "Google intentionally tried to kick Edge", specifically, Google interferes with the Edge's high-speed operation by tweaking the YouTube code It was revealed. However, Google officially denies "there is no such fact."

Google denies altering YouTube code to break Microsoft Edge - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/19/18148736/google-youtube-microsoft-edge-intern-claims



In order to kick Microsoft Edge, Google pointed out, "A hidden sky div is inserted in a movie on YouTube and it disables hardware acceleration of other browsers," Microsoft's Edge Engineer Joshua Bakita (Joshua JB) who was involved as an intern in development. According to Mr. Bakita, the reason why Microsoft gave up the browser engine of its own development is that "(Google) has been changing its site so that other browsers are broken and can not catch up with this pace" I will.

Edge developers pointed out that Google intentionally edited YouTube to kill Microsoft Edge - GIGAZINE



Actually, Mozilla product manager Chris Peterson argues that "the speed of Firefox and Edge has been five times slower than before," after the YouTube site was redesigned. A few months later, scripts that slow down browsers such as Edge, Safari, and Firefox seem to have been modified.


In addition, there was also pointed out that Google intentionally blocked access to Google Maps that had been provided for Windows Phone users who are rivals of Android in the past.

However, a spokesperson for YouTube tells The Verge of overseas media "There is no addition of 'code designed to break the optimization of other browsers' to YouTube, and immediate if you discover a bug We regularly cooperate with other browser vendors to improve browser interoperability through standards bodies, web-platform-tests project, open source Chromium, etc. " I announced a statement and completely denied Mr. Bakita's claim.

The Verge noted that "There is a continuous fight for the web at the heart of these problems," Microsoft noted that Microsoft is struggling to keep up with Google's changing speed. Many search engine engineers play an important role in promoting web technology and standardization, and it is "to be mostly Google" to adopt the latest technology first.

Because Google adopts and promotes web standards, there are cases where many Chrome sites developed by Google have appeared . The Verge wrote that "whether Google is too fast or whether Mozilla or Microsoft is too slow is a matter of debate."

Furthermore, Microsoft did not comment on Mr. Bakita's claim, and he said that The Verge replied only that "Google is a valuable partner and I am looking forward to future Microsoft Edge adventure."

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