A wani lokaci, Internet Explorer 6 browser ya shahara sosai. Yana da wuya a yi imani, amma shekaru 10 da suka wuce ya mamaye kashi biyar na kasuwa. An yi amfani da shi duka a Rasha da kuma kasashen waje, galibi daga hukumomin gwamnati, bankuna da kungiyoyi makamantan su. Kuma ya zama kamar ba za a sami ƙarshen "shida" ba. Sai dai kuma YouTube ta yi gaggawar mutuwarsa. Kuma ba tare da izini daga gudanarwa ba.
Tsohon ma'aikacin kamfani Chris Zakariya , yadda ba da gangan ba ya zama “kabari” na mashahurin mashigar bincike. Ya ce, a shekarar 2009, da yawa daga cikin masu gina gidan yanar gizo ba su ji dadin Internet Explorer 6 ba, tun da an bukaci su kirkiro da nasu shafukan. Amma gudanarwar manyan tashoshin jiragen ruwa sun yi watsi da wannan. Sannan ƙungiyar injiniya ta YouTube ta yanke shawarar yin aiki da kanta.
Ma'anar ita ce, masu haɓakawa sun ƙara ƙaramin banner wanda tsarin kawai ya nuna a cikin IE6. Ya ba da rahoton cewa mai amfani yana amfani da tsohuwar mashigar bincike kuma ya ba da shawarar sabunta shi zuwa nau'ikan na yanzu a wancan lokacin. Haka kuma, sun tabbata ba za a lura da ayyukansu ba. Gaskiyar ita ce tsofaffin masu haɓaka YouTube suna da gata waɗanda suka ba su damar yin canje-canje ga sabis ɗin ba tare da izini ba. Sun tsira ko da bayan Google ya sami sabis na bidiyo. Bugu da ƙari, kusan babu wanda ke amfani da Internet Explorer 6 a YouTube.
Duk da haka, a cikin kwanaki biyu, shugaban sashen hulda da jama'a ya tuntube su yayin da masu amfani suka fara ba da rahoto game da banner. Kuma yayin da wasu suka rubuta haruffa masu firgita game da "Yaushe ne ƙarshen Internet Explorer 6," wasu sun goyi bayan YouTube a matsayin hanyar samar da sabbin masu bincike masu aminci. Kuma lauyoyin kamfanin sun fayyace kawai ko tutar ta keta ka'idojin hana cin hanci da rashawa, bayan haka sun kwantar da hankula.
Abu mafi ban sha'awa ya fara a lokacin. Gudanarwa ta gano cewa injiniyoyin sun yi aiki ba tare da izini ba, amma a lokacin Google Docs da sauran ayyukan Google sun riga sun aiwatar da wannan tuta a cikin samfuran su. Kuma ma'aikatan sauran sassan masu binciken sun yi imani da gaske cewa ƙungiyar YouTube kawai ta kwafi aiwatarwa daga Google Docs. A ƙarshe, wasu albarkatun da ba su da alaƙa da injin binciken sun fara kwafin wannan ra'ayi, bayan haka watsi da Internet Explorer 6 ya kasance lokaci ne kawai.