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Well, it certainly makes it easier for them to sidestep political questions about why they stopped including Yandex as a search option.

• metalman 1y ago
  "Firefox now allows" more than a side step or a two step it's going to be a whole dance where they remember that, oh ya hey!, look, users!. Exactly where did all, ALL, the horking huge piles of money go?, which in the current political environment could be a question that not only get's asked, but answered
• Larrikin 1y ago
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  • gertop 1y ago
    Yandex.com has divested from yandex.ru and the former is nominally not based in Russia. I personally believe they are still 100% managed by Russia, as I'm sure you do, but this is all feels and not facts. Facts is yandex.com isn't sanctioned so that can't/shouldn't be your reason for wanting to silence them.
    • TiredOfLife 1y ago
      Yandex.com was not divested. In early 2024 majority of all Yandex foreign assets were sold to russians. https://ir.yandex/press-releases?year=2024&id=05-02-2024 https://ir.yandex/press-releases?year=2024&id=05-02-2024 The only parts that left outside russia are some AI related companies.
      • otabdeveloper4 1y ago
        Uhm, no, you must not be allowed to use a Russian search engine under any circumstances. That would be undemocratic and against free speech principles.
        • weare138 1y ago
          You can just type in the URL and make it your default search engine. No one is stopping you. Or you could just move to Russia and bask in that democracy and free speech you seem to perceive to be lacking here. Again no one is stopping you.
          • otabdeveloper4 1y ago
            Completely agree. Any citizen who doesn't agree with our democratic and inclusive values should be immediately stripped of rights and shipped off to Russia.
            • Larrikin 1y ago
              Yes obviously