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		aw3c2 on Jan 27, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: YouTube now defaults to HTML5 video Some people like not having accounts on any random website that will be used for tracking and targetting.

simlevesque on Jan 27, 2015 | [–]

Do these people use Chrome ?

jfb on Jan 27, 2015 | | [–]

It was the best way to run Flash programs without installing Flash system-wide.

polshaw on Jan 27, 2015 | [–]

Parent was a bit wrong; you didn't need an account or to be signed in. IIRC, you went to youtube.com/html5 and enabled it.

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