I don’t ever go to sites like Yahoo. Why anyone would open such a site is beyond me.
I use Yahoo as my email service provider. It’s faster than gmail or the other common sites. I have a gmail account as well and I prefer the layout, speed and convenience of Yahoo. If you are using Internet with a filter, you can go directly to your mailbox, bypassing the main news page.
Yahoo is a great website. It is a portal which gives you direct access to weather, stocks, news, Facebook, and many other things. I would understand why people would prefer not to use it, but personally, I find it to be a very convenient website.