[widebody911]

For the love of dog and all that is holy - why?

I originally got a yahoo account because I needed an alternate email address for something, and I hadn't used it in years. I needed to use the account to get into automotive yahoo group, so I had to get back in, but couldn't remember my password. I tried to create a new account, but they now require a mobile phone number; I couldn't use a fake number, because they ping it in real time to verify it, then they send a code via SMS that you have to use to activate the account. Luckily I was able to revive my old account. Don't have a mobile number? Apparently you're SOL.

Once I got in, I instantly regretted it - the home page can best be described as "tabloid diarrhea" - and that's what was left after AdBlock was done cleaning it up. Even better, it kept trying to give me the Spanish version of the site - no idea why.

My old inbox was stuffed to the gills with tens of thousands of spam emails.

Maybe I'm just old and grumpy, but I can't possibly see how the abortion that is yahoo.com could possibly be useful to anyone.