Comments on: Yahoo blocking Trillian again! http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2004/06/24/yahoo-blocking-trillian-again/ Geek News Central is the technical site for Geeks. We Spin tech for the common man. With a Family of Tech Shows and Content. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: K. http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2004/06/24/yahoo-blocking-trillian-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1362 K. Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:11:20 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=2586#comment-1362 Trillian has already posted a patch. I've installed it and it works. But for how long I wonder. <a href="http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/support/20040624.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/support/20040624.php</a> Trillian has already posted a patch. I’ve installed it and it works. But for how long I wonder.
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]]> By: will http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2004/06/24/yahoo-blocking-trillian-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1361 will Thu, 24 Jun 2004 14:39:33 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=2586#comment-1361 The reason Yahoo blocks thrid party clients is because they cannot send advertisements to the end user through them. The ads are how they provide their free service to you. For example, to enter a chat room, one must wait through a 20 second ad display. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> The people at Yahoo 'get it' completely - they need to get paid to continue, and the more people who use third party chat clients, the less they can get paid. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> It's a free service, they owe you nothing, and I don't think you have much right to complain on the matter. Don't like it? Don't use it. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> And when did Yahoo start making browsers? The reason Yahoo blocks thrid party clients is because they cannot send advertisements to the end user through them. The ads are how they provide their free service to you. For example, to enter a chat room, one must wait through a 20 second ad display.

The people at Yahoo ‘get it’ completely – they need to get paid to continue, and the more people who use third party chat clients, the less they can get paid.

It’s a free service, they owe you nothing, and I don’t think you have much right to complain on the matter. Don’t like it? Don’t use it.

And when did Yahoo start making browsers?

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