Yahoo will no longer be able to use its services using users' logins to other services, specifically those of their Facebook or Google account.
In order for the registered user to gain access to any service (e-mail, Flickr, etc.), he must register with Yahoo and block a new username and password. The reasons cited by the service are the speeding up of the login process, the existence of a username and password for logging in to all its services from any device, faster customer support and easier recovery of forgotten passwords.
It remains unclear - although it is considered expected - whether the practice will be adopted by all Yahoo Inc. sites. However, the expulsion of Google and Facebook accounts starts directly from the basketball service Tourney Pick'em, with users being notified via email that they would have to sign up for Yahoo to obtain a Yahoo ID or log in with a pre-existing one - note that in 2013 it recycled user IDs that had been inactive for 12 months, had to be in their account for more than a year.
Update: After contacting tech.in.gr with Yahoo, its representative informs us that the company is working to improve the user experience, which includes the process of entering the Yahoo Sports Tourney Pick'Em service. Currently, only users of this service are required to sign in with a usename to Yahoo but the practice will be extended to all users. By using a Yahoo username, access to all Yahoo services will be shared.
Finally, the company has not announced when exactly the sign-in option through Facebook and Google accounts will cease to exist, however in the aforementioned announcement users are assured that their data will remain accessible after the creation of Yahoo ID, despite the fact that In the past, access was through Facebook or Google accounts.
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