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That means I’m nuts, or what? The OP was right, Yandex is way better compared to Google when searching for politically sensitive stuff, and they don’t seem to h

That means I’m nuts, or what? The OP was right, Yandex is way better compared to Google when searching for politically sensitive stuff, and they don’t seem to have that much of recency bias as the Google search index has, which I found to be a good thing, but on the whole Google’s search is still slightly better, I would say. More convenient, at least, thanks to the deep integration within Chrome.

cookiemonsieur 2y ago
Bingo ! Anything considered too politically sensitive in the west (you know what I'm talking about) can easily be researched on Yandex. Wanna find dirt about the west ? Use Yandex. Wanna find dirt about the kremlin ? Use Google/Bing/Whatever.
- timeon 2y ago
  > you know what I'm talking about Can you be more specific?
  - guywithahat 2y ago
    (I’m not the guy you replied to) but Google has like 8 ad-friendly approved sources you may get news from, which are all anti-Trump sources. It can be impossible to find news stories unfavorable to democrats without appending the name of conservative outlets on the end.
- throwawayq3423 2y ago
  > Anything considered too politically sensitive in the west (you know what I'm talking about) Actually I don't. Can you give an example of something censored by Google in the west the same way Russia openly censors it's anti-war voices domestically? https://www.reuters.com/technology/yandex-warns-russian-users-unreliable-information-online-after-moscow-threatens-2022-02-25/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/yandex-warns-russian-user... https://dfrlab.org/2022/03/31/yandex-suppresses-ukraine-war-information-for-russian-internet-users/ https://dfrlab.org/2022/03/31/yandex-suppresses-ukraine-war-...
petesergeant 2y ago
Can you give an example of what “politically sensitive stuff” means here? Without context it contains multitudes…
pidgeon_lover 2y ago
Using Yandex is the sanest option for me, too, as it feels more like 2014 Google than any other search engine. i.e. I've found it will turn up old blogs, dodgy forums, torrents, which are buried or censored on American search engines. I'm in the UK, and don't really care that Yandex is Russian. I don't like their politics, I don't like Google's politics either. Yandex just gives me the results I want rather than obscuring them.

cookiemonsieur 2y ago

Bingo ! Anything considered too politically sensitive in the west (you know what I'm talking about) can easily be researched on Yandex. Wanna find dirt about the west ? Use Yandex. Wanna find dirt about the kremlin ? Use Google/Bing/Whatever.

timeon 2y ago
> you know what I'm talking about Can you be more specific?
- guywithahat 2y ago
  (I’m not the guy you replied to) but Google has like 8 ad-friendly approved sources you may get news from, which are all anti-Trump sources. It can be impossible to find news stories unfavorable to democrats without appending the name of conservative outlets on the end.
throwawayq3423 2y ago
> Anything considered too politically sensitive in the west (you know what I'm talking about) Actually I don't. Can you give an example of something censored by Google in the west the same way Russia openly censors it's anti-war voices domestically? https://www.reuters.com/technology/yandex-warns-russian-users-unreliable-information-online-after-moscow-threatens-2022-02-25/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/yandex-warns-russian-user... https://dfrlab.org/2022/03/31/yandex-suppresses-ukraine-war-information-for-russian-internet-users/ https://dfrlab.org/2022/03/31/yandex-suppresses-ukraine-war-...

petesergeant 2y ago

Can you give an example of what “politically sensitive stuff” means here? Without context it contains multitudes…

pidgeon_lover 2y ago

Using Yandex is the sanest option for me, too, as it feels more like 2014 Google than any other search engine. i.e. I've found it will turn up old blogs, dodgy forums, torrents, which are buried or censored on American search engines. I'm in the UK, and don't really care that Yandex is Russian. I don't like their politics, I don't like Google's politics either. Yandex just gives me the results I want rather than obscuring them.