Yahoo is reportedly prohibiting users from accessing its email service if a browser is installed with ad-blocker software.
First noticed by
Digiday on an
Adblock Plus forum, a user trying to sign on into his Yahoo Mail account via Google Chrome one morning was greeted with what seemed to be a message stating that the user's mail cannot be displayed due to ad-blocking software being present. The message, shown above, is asking the user to disable the program so it can finally proceed with displaying the user's email.
The Yahoo Mail URL displays a "reason=ADBLK_TRAP" message, making it less like an isolated case. Many others in the forum have experienced the same issue, some providing temporary workarounds to keep using the service without sacrificing the ad-block program.
