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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsYahoo upsets users by shutting out some customers who use ad blockers
Late last week, some Yahoo Mail users encountered a problem: They couldnt get into their email accounts.
When they tried to sign into the service, they were greeted with the message: Uh oh
We are unable to display Yahoo Mail. Please disable Ad Blocker to continue using Yahoo Mail.
The Sunnyvale, Calif., technology company confirmed Monday that some users were indeed shut out of their accounts for using ad blockers software that disables ads from appearing in Web and mobile browsers as part of a limited experiment.
This is a test were running for a small number of Yahoo Mail users, a company representative said in a statement.
http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-yahoo-shuts-users-out-ad-blocker-20151124-story.html
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)But it is free and they need advertisers to keep it that way.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)it's cheap enough. If you don't want the ads, cough up a few bucks.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Same principle.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)I have installed this and will report back on how it goes, first impression is WOW
You need to install adblock-plus or adblock-edge also