Yahoo Users.

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by Eldon, Apr 26, 2018.

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Will you stop using Yahoo services?

  1. Yes.

    30.0%
  2. No.

    30.0%
  3. I don't use Yahoo.

    40.0%
  1. Eldon

    Eldon Major Geek Extraordinaire

    Surely this is illegal?
    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...aive-class-action-rights-or-stop-using-yahoo/

    Here's an email I received on 18 April 2018.
     

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  2. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    I don't know if it is legal or not....and apparently neither do lawyers. However, since they say they are collecting data....ALL yahoo users should just quit!! Verizon makes no money without users.
     
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  3. Eldon

    Eldon Major Geek Extraordinaire

    Apparently the US Supreme Court says it's legal.
    http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus-20151218-column.html
     
  4. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

  5. Eldon

    Eldon Major Geek Extraordinaire

    https://www.phonearena.com/news/Sup...s-into-arbitration-to-settle-disputes_id98580
    If you use Yahoo's Services, you will receive notification about the forced arbitration. And you will have to agree to it.

    I wonder how this affects users in the rest of the world.
    Never mind, I''l just say bye-bye Yahoo.
     
  6. Imandy Mann

    Imandy Mann MajorGeekolicious

    I looked at my yahoo email- started when I had bell south dsl. 4 saved messages from 2012. 4 messages in 2016. 1 in 2017 and 1 in 2018. None sent. I don't think I'll miss it much!
     
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  7. Anon-9aee479f8f

    Anon-9aee479f8f Anonymized

    Dumped Yahoo a while back. Should of done it years before I did.
     
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  8. Eldon

    Eldon Major Geek Extraordinaire

  9. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    Worst email ever. I dumped after a year of using it when I got Verizon as our provider.
     
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  10. Eldon

    Eldon Major Geek Extraordinaire

    And now Verizon owns Yahoo... :eek:
     
  11. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    Is that new? I have been using Verizon for at least 10 years and Yahoo was the email service they offered as customers.
     
  12. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    lol...I just logged in and apparently my account is still active. It's all spam from Yahoo Travel
     
  13. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    One good thing, Flickr is no longer owned by Yahoo/Verizon/AOL. (Oath is the moniker)

    I hated that my Flickr account used the same log in as Yahoo and could not be changed. Perhaps now that SmugMug owns it, I'll be able to change my password, at the very least. I NEVER use the same password at more than one site.

    No, I won't drop Yahoo email. I have too many things tied to it. I've had it since 1999 and check it daily.

    I spent last week searching for a replacement because I don't want everything to come into gmail. I also don't want to pay for email so the choices of good and free email providers are very limited.
     
  14. Replicator

    Replicator MajorGeek

  15. Eldon

    Eldon Major Geek Extraordinaire

    Outlook Mail is also excellent.
     
  16. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    I have a proton mail account. I really don't prefer typing in 2 passwords just to check email. My husband and I are in our 70's, we don't have anything that needs guarding that well.

    I have an Outlook account too. Sometimes that loads really slow. I know it integrates with Office 365, which I also have no need of.
     

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