[free-software-melb] The JavaScript Trap (was: Viewing YouTube videos with free software)

Brian May writes:

Ben Finney writes:

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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/ -- \ “The cost of a thing is the amount of what I call life which is | `\ required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long | _o__) run.” —Henry David Thoreau | Ben Finney