Log in to Yahoo by July 15th to keep your email address
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Log in to Yahoo by July 15th to keep your email address
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Re: Log in to Yahoo by July 15th to keep your email address
#2Seems reasonable to me. It's a free service and if you haven't used it in over a year then it's up to you to preserve it.
I think the title of this post could be amended to make it a little more reflective of the actual post.
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#3This is terrible idea. People will be able to claim Yahoo IDs and use them to take over other people’s identities with a few password resets. I have a Yahoo email address simply as a backup for GMail. Just because I don't sign in very often doesn't mean that it is safe to hand over to someone else!
Re: Log in to Yahoo by July 15th to keep your email address
#4This is terrible idea. People will be able to claim Yahoo IDs and use them to take over other people’s identities with a few password resets. I have a Yahoo email address simply as a backup for GMail. Just because I don't sign in very often doesn't mean that it is safe to hand over to someone else!
But a year? Come on.
Re: Log in to Yahoo by July 15th to keep your email address
#5This is terrible idea. People will be able to claim Yahoo IDs and use them to take over other people’s identities with a few password resets. I have a Yahoo email address simply as a backup for GMail. Just because I don't sign in very often doesn't mean that it is safe to hand over to someone else!
But a year? Come on.
What if the person doesn't have access to the internet for a year?
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#6This is a fantastic idea, and I wish other services (I'm looking at you Twitter) would follow suit. Your Yahoo ID becomes a part of your identity when using their service, so it seems reasonable that people will feel happier and be more inclined to use Yahoo's stuff when they have an ID that they feel good about and aren't embarrassed to share with their friends.
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
But a year? Come on.
What if the person doesn't have access to the internet for a year?
.. and Yahoo or any other similarly priced services should know this how?
Meaning, you get what you paid for and if your usage of said service falls outside of an expected range then don't be surprised if your service is suspended.
It's 2013. I feel like this particular lesson should be well established, public domain knowledge but here it is again:
Free data, storage and associated services means that you are the product. If a provider decides to discontinue a particular product line, that really is their prerogative. If you want otherwise, then pay for the services you use and rely on and then you'll have a valid complaint if they are suspended.
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#8If this isn't the sign of a product with declining use, I don't know what is. Of course it isn't news that few people use Yahoo mail anymore, but the fact that it's worth it to Yahoo to turn those emails off is interesting.
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#9I'm now terrified about what 7-year old accounts I have that used an @yahoo for password resets. Bank: clear. Facebook: clear. Gmail: clear. Guess it won't be too bad.
I thought about snagging something short and nice (like my initials) just for kicks, but...am really not sure what I'd do with the account after I had it.
Re: Log in to Yahoo by July 15th to keep your email address
#10This is quite common in large online games where accounts often sit unused, having only a few hours of total hours logged over years.