I don’t know about you, but I make sure my Flash and other
plugins are updated regularly, and so it always surprises me when YouTube gives
me the page that says: “Oops! Your browser is no longer supported.”
But my browser is not only supported, it’s brand new, when I
get this message. Then I just reload the page and I’m accepted, which begs the
question: since this message is so obviously a scam and a lie, what is the
purpose here? Are they trying to con us into uploading tracking software, is it
a virus, or what?
No accusations on my part, but something errant or underhanded
is going on somewhere, so I just wonder what it is, and why it is. Don’t you want to know too?
I want to trust YouTube, but this doesn’t make me feel like
I can, as I cannot think of any other reason for such a thing prompting me for
software updates I clearly don’t need. (Can you think of a reason for it?)
(BTW: This has been happening on every Mac I use lately, not only my own. WTF?)
