YouTube Rickrolling HTML5 Users
Back in 2008, YouTube Rickrolled users by linking every video on the homepage to Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up and now they're Rick Rolling once again. This time they're targeting viewers who have opted in to the site's HTML5 trial.
YouTube is known for being pranksters, especially when it comes to the Rick Roll. Back in 2008, YouTube Rickrolled users by linking every video on the homepage to Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up and now they’re Rick Rolling once again. This time they’re targeting viewers who have opted in to the site’s HTML5 trial.
So how exactly does YouTube’s HTML5 Rick Roll get ya? When you opt in, which you can do by clicking on ‘Join the HTML5 Trial’ here, you will get a brand new set of menu options when you right-click on a YouTube video.
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