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[–] 12 points 1 week ago (5 children)

And they use Yandex as part of their underlying search.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    At this point, I don't see why that is any worse than using the services of any US-based Big Tech companies. They have the same kind of anti-privacy business model, their local political regimes have both gone off the rails, and law enforcement and intelligence agencies can legally or extra-judicially snoop through collected data without the user ever knowing.

    Some of the services provided by Yandex are, quality-wise, decent enough. I personally tend to find their translation service to be as good or better, as compared to similar services, such as Google Translate or DeepL, so it's usually my API of choice through Mohzi.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (1 child)

    For me its not about the quality provided but about not supporting a company located in a questionable country. To me that includes both the US and Russia.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    I agree. But that's why I was wondering why you were singling out Yandex in particular, when Kagi also sources from questionable US companies.

    To me, they're all equally problematic.

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