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Yahoo Messenger Blocks Outside IM Clients

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the great-way-to-grow-the-service dept.

jj00 writes "CNET News is reporting that Yahoo has started blocking 3rd party Messenger clients from their service. The article is about Trillian, but I have noticed that my gaim client hasn't been working for the past few days." As reported earlier.

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  1. Re:Their Network by irc.goatse.cx+troll · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    " Most people are on those networks because one person initially went on."

    I propose we hunt that guy down and kill him.

    What you've said is painfully true, coupled with the fact that you cant get most people to care about anything that doesnt have a noticable effect on them, and you have a bunch of mindless drones that are impossible to talk sense into.

    --
    Pain lasts, kid. Its how you know you're alive. Sometimes I think this growing up thing is just pain management-TheMaxx
  2. Re:ohh yeh... by tequila26er · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why the hell does Micro$oft, Yahoo, AOL, etc, expect to own the internet?

    Free, free, and free. Which type of free would you like today?