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Yahoo Shutting Out Third-Party IM Clients?

Posted by simoniker on from the sound-of-strangled-yodeling dept.

prostoalex writes "Following the lead of America Online's previous attempts and MSN's actions, Yahoo is planning an update that may cut out third-party providers like Trillian or Gaim. If you're a current Trillian user with a valid Yahoo ID, you probably noticed the new welcome message: 'Yahoo! is upgrading to its newest version of Yahoo! Messenger on September 24, 2003. The upgrade is part of an ongoing process to continually enhance the overall quality of the Yahoo! Messenger service for our millions of users'." Update: 09/18 01:17 GMT by S : Trillian has just released a patch that updates the IM software "...to the newest Yahoo! and MSN protocols, to remove the recent upgrade messages."

3 of 442 comments (clear)

  1. Trillian just released the new E update by HBI · · Score: 5, Informative

    0.74 E for the free client, Trillian Pro has an update too.

    Right here.

    See, not so bad right? I'm sure the Gaim people will have it fixed shortly too.

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  2. hopefully not shut out by dubiousdave · · Score: 5, Informative
    According to the article:
    "Third-party clients will likely be affected, but we're trying to communicate with other providers around the common goal of opening up the IM community," she said.
    Hopefully they are sincere about this, and not just trying to spin it. They could possibly try to license access to their network.
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  3. Gaim is fixed too. This was not an actual problem. by ChipX86 · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Upgrading" is as simple as changing a version string. We already have it updated in Gaim 0.69. This was a no-brainer easy-to-fix thing, as was MSN.

    If any Slashdot staff are watching, please, please refrain from posting articles related to IM unless you consult someone who knows what's going on. Too many trollish comments occur, and we get too many questions in Gaim support, all pointing at Slashdot as their source for the inaccurate information as to what's happening in IM.

    (Now I'll be marked as a troll, but it's hurting us IM developers more than it's helping, so I'm just going to post it anyway.)