2015/11/23

Yahoo mail android app design failure. November 2015



The latest yahoo mail Android app update v5.0.11 now allows more "sponsored" ads into your inbox.  On top of that they've made it even harder to tell that they are spam or ads.

The image above is my current inbox vew on my Nexus 7.  My Firefox based inbox has been generally spam free for the past 6 months ago.  And while there have been Dr. Oz spam for a few years now, they have been kept away from the inbox.  Note the first "e-mail" message from "Parent Society".  The only indication that this is a sponsored Link is by the tiny little dollar sign logo next to it.  This is nowhere to be seen on my Firefox view.

While I understand that yahoo is providing a " free" service, I do find that obscuring their sponsored links into you e-mail list is dishonest at best and borderline illegal.  For click fraud if not negligently exposing their consumers to shady internet sites filled with auto installing malware.