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I do not mind the ads as part of the free email service, what I do mind is that the ads (especially the video ads) seem to drastically impact the performance of the email software — and my computer! When ads cycle through, there is a complete pause for my browser — cannot type, cannot switch tabs to do something else while I wait (yet again). Incredibly difficult to get anything done using Yahoo Mail. Finally installed an ad blocker; it has not improved the mail performance at all, but at least the rest of my browser doesn't seize up when mail does.

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  • Esther Lord commented  ·   ·  Report

    You've got to stop with the ads that make the email I'm reading or attempting to type jump to the bottom or top each time the ads cycle. Short email that should have taken me a minute or two tops took more than five with all the page jumps.
    I've had my account since the 90s, been through more format changes than I can remember, but this page jumping is the absolute limit for me.
    If I choose to pay for ad-free email, it won't be with Yahoo!
    This just started so I'll give it some time to be fixed, but it really is unreasonable to expect anyone to use your service when the page is so unstable due to ad cycling.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Very difficult to access my folders which makes your screen design unhelpful.

  • Kim Williamson commented  ·   ·  Report

    My Idea is to quit hammering us with 3 times the spam we may have gotten before.. and quit holdling us ******* to pay to Not get "ads" or "spam" How's That for an Idea!!!!???

  • william dale commented  ·   ·  Report

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  • william dale commented  ·   ·  Report

    Why This Busy Mum Loves HelloFresh for Weekday Dinners

  • Tim Chandler commented  ·   ·  Report

    You must be crazy to think I'd pay $3.49/month for email that you all have shown, works poorly and you all don't give a f*** about what the users think!

  • Lexi Nelson commented  ·   ·  Report

    I don't know why all of the sudden yahoo and every other site out there has decided they want to be greedy and demand that you pay for simple things like email. NO I'm not paying you for ad free email (I use my phone anyways) and NO I will never have your awful browser. Stop trying to nickle and dime us for everything on the internet.

  • Lila Mach commented  ·   ·  Report

    My idea is to stop suggesting we pay $3.49/month to have no advertising on our email page! That is so low! I have begun to use my other email for important items.

  • Linda Bagby commented  ·   ·  Report

    I completely agree - the ads slow the system down to the point where I'm ready to just give up my Yahoo account - and I've had that for years! Very painful to use the product at the moment.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Move to non-tracking, non-commercial email.

  • charlotte stafford commented  ·   ·  Report

    The above comment is exactly right. I have ad blocker so I do not see what is slowing things but it is incredible slow. I want to change back. I also have a gmail account and it works much better but not as well as the OLD yahoo. I also do not like the voice interruption with the ads. Aggravating. Thanks for opportunity to provide feedback.

  • Charles Allen commented  ·   ·  Report

    Completely agree. If I'm scrolling down through an email and the ads cycle, it automatically sends me back to the top of the message. Sometimes it takes a few seconds for the cycle, other times it is nearly as fast as I can scroll down. I've had this email since the 90s but I'm getting very close to just deleting it and sticking to my gmail that doesn't seem to have this problem.

  • Steve Weber commented  ·   ·  Report

    Completely agree. Video ads and the frequency that the ads change out make it impossible to do anything. Get rid of video ads, PLEASE!

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Slow, slow, slow. Ads on the side may be an issue, but something keeps trying to open a screen OVER my inbox, making it freeze. all keystrokes, mouse clicks/scrolls happen a few seconds after input.

  • Michael Wood commented  ·   ·  Report

    I completely agree with this, it is so frustrating that I am starting to look into getting my email forwarded to a gmail account.

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