Brian May <br...@microcomaustralia.com.au>
writes:
> Ben Finney <ben+freesoftw...@benfinney.id.au> writes:
>
> > The website won't operate properly without non-free code running in
> > the browser. If you don't trust YouTube to run programs on your
> > computer, that's a bad option.
>
> What non-free code is this?
Non-free programs downloaded by your browser, from the website and other
third-party websites as specified by the page.
<URL:https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html>
Enabling HTML5 video on YouTube means you avoid non-free Flash programs.
It still requires you run non-free JavaScript programs.
<URL:https://documentfreedom.org/rmflash/html5-how.en.html>
The LibreJS effort is the beginning of a way out of this; we're not out
yet.
<URL:https://www.gnu.org/software/librejs/>
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Ben Finney
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