Flickr to dump Facebook, Google in favour of Yahoo from July
07 Jun 2014
Flickr users who sign in with Facebook or Google IDs would need a Yahoo account to access their photos after 30 June.
Popular photo-sharing site Flickr is the latest Yahoo property to ditch Facebook and Google login capabilities. After 30 June, Yahoo would require all Flickr users to sign in with a Yahoo ID.
In March the company announced that it intended to gradually phase out third-party logins for all of its web properties, which meant users who signed into Yahoo services using their Google or Facebook ID would need to sign up for a Yahoo account to access them moving forward.
The first to do away with the Facebook and Google IDs was Yahoo Sports Tourney Pick 'Em, a service for college basketball fans.
Users having a third-party login to access their Flickr account had two options - either they could connect an existing Yahoo ID to their Flickr account by the end of the month, or they needed to sign up for a Yahoo username to access the service.
The next time users signed into Flickr, they would be given two options by Yahoo, depending on how their Flickr account was configured. Yahoo would either take users through the steps to sign up for a new Yahoo account, or ask them to connect their existing Yahoo account.
Yahoo would continue to move away from letting users of its services to log in with Facebook and Google, announcing in an email to users of its Flickr photo-sharing service that Facebook and Google user IDs would not be accepted after 30 June, The Next Web reported.
Post the date, Flickr users would be required to establish Yahoo accounts to log into the service.
At the time when Yahoo first announced its move away from third-party logins such as Facebook and Google a Yahoo spokeswoman had told Reuters that it was continually working on improving the user experience. This would allow it to offer the best personalised experience to everyone.
