While you&#x27;re right that it&#x27;s up to the browser to fix, that can be a very time consuming process (especially for something as tricky as video). YouTube doesn&#x27;t want to wait around for browser vendors to fix things, so they work around it themselves (just like happened in the opposite direction for this bug).<p>Finding workarounds for browser bugs is a common theme for the work that web developers do. Yes, browser vendors should fix the bugs, but in the meantime, there&#x27;s no reason to have a bad user experience.