Yahoo upsets users by shutting out some customers who use ad blockers

[Zorro]

Late last week, some Yahoo Mail users encountered a problem: They couldn’t 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 we’re 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]

1. If it were a paid site, I would join the fight against this

But it is free and they need advertisers to keep it that way.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. I agree. I pay for Yahoo mail and...

it's cheap enough. If you don't want the ads, cough up a few bucks.

[KamaAina]

3. “Uh oh… We are unable to show NBC. Please disable Tivo to continue watching NBC."

Same principle.

[Xipe Totec]

4. This will fix Yahoo's clock

http://adnauseam.io/

[Old Codger]

5. OK

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