Google Denies Altering YouTube Code To Break Microsoft Edge

Earlier this week, a former Microsoft Edge intern alleged that Google deliberately introduced bogus changes to YouTube to break the functionality of the video portal when users on Edge and other browsers tried to access the website. Google today denied the allegation. From a report: Google disputes Bakita's claims, and says the YouTube blank div was merely a bug that was fixed after it was reported. 'YouTube does not add code designed to defeat optimizations in other browsers, and works quickly to fix bugs when they're discovered,' says a YouTube spokesperson in a statement to The Verge. 'We regularly engage with other browser vendors through standards bodies, the Web Platform Tests project, the open-source Chromium project and more to improve browser interoperability.' In a statement, Microsoft said, 'Google has been a helpful partner and we look forward to the journey as we work on the future of Microsoft Edge.'

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