▲ 796 ▼ probably my biggest gripe with Lemmy right now. Feels like I'm just stuck in a loop. (lemmy.ca) submitted 3 years ago by Polar@lemmy.ca to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 146 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] dan@upvote.au 16 points 3 years ago (2 children) TIL there's people that still use Yahoo News. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mlc894@lemm.ee 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Hey, free news content sans paywall and an app that does only what it says on the tin. What’s not to like? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Huh, I just looked. I swear it was more cancerous before. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jayrodtheoldbod@midwest.social 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yahoo Finance managed to make itself real damn useful, and that's one of the most lucrative ad markets, if not THE most lucrative. When I woke my Yahoo Mail account from its ancient slumber, everything was in Spanish for some reason, and I expect that reason is that they expanded outside the US and have a large user base in South America, where Yahoo probably doesn't look as dead. "Free email" goes even farther when your country doesn't get to have the world's reserve currency. So Yahoo just defaulted to Spanish for accounts until I had to tell it I'm a gringo. Americans really do have a hard time remembering the rest of the globe exists, but our companies don't, so a lot of companies that seem "dead" are just really active outside the US. So yeah, somebody is still using Yahoo News. Quite a lot of somebodies, actually. Even Americans. Especially Americans. They hooked us with real nice stock market quotes and such. That's how you reel a Yankee back in, make it easy to see that revenue trend at a glance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 1 point 3 years ago I'm originally from Australia where Yahoo used to be very big, but I don't think it's commonly used there now either. Australia generally copies the US though, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Yahoo News is popular in some countries outside US and AU. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Polar@lemmy.ca [S] 1 point 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mlc894@lemm.ee 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Hey, free news content sans paywall and an app that does only what it says on the tin. What’s not to like? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Huh, I just looked. I swear it was more cancerous before. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jayrodtheoldbod@midwest.social 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yahoo Finance managed to make itself real damn useful, and that's one of the most lucrative ad markets, if not THE most lucrative. When I woke my Yahoo Mail account from its ancient slumber, everything was in Spanish for some reason, and I expect that reason is that they expanded outside the US and have a large user base in South America, where Yahoo probably doesn't look as dead. "Free email" goes even farther when your country doesn't get to have the world's reserve currency. So Yahoo just defaulted to Spanish for accounts until I had to tell it I'm a gringo. Americans really do have a hard time remembering the rest of the globe exists, but our companies don't, so a lot of companies that seem "dead" are just really active outside the US. So yeah, somebody is still using Yahoo News. Quite a lot of somebodies, actually. Even Americans. Especially Americans. They hooked us with real nice stock market quotes and such. That's how you reel a Yankee back in, make it easy to see that revenue trend at a glance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 1 point 3 years ago I'm originally from Australia where Yahoo used to be very big, but I don't think it's commonly used there now either. Australia generally copies the US though, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Yahoo News is popular in some countries outside US and AU. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Huh, I just looked. I swear it was more cancerous before. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jayrodtheoldbod@midwest.social 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yahoo Finance managed to make itself real damn useful, and that's one of the most lucrative ad markets, if not THE most lucrative. When I woke my Yahoo Mail account from its ancient slumber, everything was in Spanish for some reason, and I expect that reason is that they expanded outside the US and have a large user base in South America, where Yahoo probably doesn't look as dead. "Free email" goes even farther when your country doesn't get to have the world's reserve currency. So Yahoo just defaulted to Spanish for accounts until I had to tell it I'm a gringo. Americans really do have a hard time remembering the rest of the globe exists, but our companies don't, so a lot of companies that seem "dead" are just really active outside the US. So yeah, somebody is still using Yahoo News. Quite a lot of somebodies, actually. Even Americans. Especially Americans. They hooked us with real nice stock market quotes and such. That's how you reel a Yankee back in, make it easy to see that revenue trend at a glance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 1 point 3 years ago I'm originally from Australia where Yahoo used to be very big, but I don't think it's commonly used there now either. Australia generally copies the US though, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Yahoo News is popular in some countries outside US and AU. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jayrodtheoldbod@midwest.social 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yahoo Finance managed to make itself real damn useful, and that's one of the most lucrative ad markets, if not THE most lucrative. When I woke my Yahoo Mail account from its ancient slumber, everything was in Spanish for some reason, and I expect that reason is that they expanded outside the US and have a large user base in South America, where Yahoo probably doesn't look as dead. "Free email" goes even farther when your country doesn't get to have the world's reserve currency. So Yahoo just defaulted to Spanish for accounts until I had to tell it I'm a gringo. Americans really do have a hard time remembering the rest of the globe exists, but our companies don't, so a lot of companies that seem "dead" are just really active outside the US. So yeah, somebody is still using Yahoo News. Quite a lot of somebodies, actually. Even Americans. Especially Americans. They hooked us with real nice stock market quotes and such. That's how you reel a Yankee back in, make it easy to see that revenue trend at a glance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 1 point 3 years ago I'm originally from Australia where Yahoo used to be very big, but I don't think it's commonly used there now either. Australia generally copies the US though, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Yahoo News is popular in some countries outside US and AU. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dan@upvote.au 1 point 3 years ago I'm originally from Australia where Yahoo used to be very big, but I don't think it's commonly used there now either. Australia generally copies the US though, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Yahoo News is popular in some countries outside US and AU. permalink fedilink source parent
