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Call me crazy, but I've been using Yandex a lot more recently. Political FUD aside, the results are pretty good, and completely unfiltered. It reminds me of ho
by qzx_pierri 6y ago
Call me crazy, but I've been using Yandex a lot more recently. Political FUD aside, the results are pretty good, and completely unfiltered.
It reminds me of how wild and unfiltered the internet was back in 2007. However, I wouldn't recommend it to "casual" users. Using Yandex requires a bit more common sense than Google, because malicious domains show up every now & then. For power users (99.99% of HN), this isn't a problem.
With all things considered, it's totally worth it. I never realized how censored Google Search was until I stepped away. As a grown ass man, I don't want anyone telling me what I "cant see" or attempting to define what's "acceptable" - The freedom to choose is intoxicating almost.
- DanBC 6y agoYandex's reverse image search is considerably better than Google's, especially for people.
- fdeage 6y agoGoogle's reverse image search used to be extremely good too (~5 years ago), but it seems to have lost its power in the recent years. I guess Google doesn't want to allow ordinary people to stalk one another based on a given picture...
- fdeage 6y agoResults all appear in Russian to me, even on the yandex.com page. I need to manually select "English" in some submenu. Still, I'll give it a try! You tell me it's a homemade index then?