So? It produces search results Google censors and misdirects from. When I wanted ivermectin and hydroxychloroqin dosage and frequency for covid Google was incredibly obstinate. Yandex let me access the information rapidly.
Are we now to the point that we can’t have Russian dressing on our salad too? The dreaded R word. Stupid I burn Tolstoy and boycott swan lake?
You do realize it’s quite insane to avoid yandex for being Russian and running back to the “safety” of US/FBI/CIA tech?
Don’t get me wrong, I like Yandex. Their image search and presentation is amazing. Search for Mountains or Winter or Lakes. Wow.
I haven’t tried using it as my go-to search engine yet.
I tried the new A.I. system “perplexity” yesterday (I learned about it from an article on FR). perplexity.com. Fascinating tool. It flubbed some queries, though. I asked it for the scenic route from North Idaho to the San Fran Bay Area. It listed local parks at both ends of my route and suggested I stop in Las Vegas en route.