>From what it sounds like after looking into it quickly, Yahoo is doing this to shut out 3rd party apps for force users to their app, which I'm guessing is or will be ad-supported.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pidgin in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1615203 Title: Protocol warning in pidgin for yahoo service Status in pidgin package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Pidgin displays a warning each day: YahooMessenger: It’s time to upgrade! Your version of Yahoo Messenger is currently being discontinued, and will no longer work as of August 31, 2016. Get the newest version at https://yho.com/getmessenger to continue using Yahoo Messenger. For more information, go to https://yho.com/YMhelp I assume, the yahoo code will not work after August 31st. Pidgin 2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1 on Xubuntu 16.04 amd64 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/1615203/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
