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can you perhaps elaborate on which companies and in what capacity?

jwr 1y ago
Yes, Yandex, they pay them for some of their search results. Here is their own statement, where they refuse to stop, even though people keep asking them: https://kagifeedback.org/d/5445-reconsider-yandex-integration-due-to-the-geopolitical-status-quo https://kagifeedback.org/d/5445-reconsider-yandex-integratio...
- skrtskrt 1y ago
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  - tarkin2 1y ago
    Russia is a dictatorship at war with Ukraine and the West by their own statements and actions. The idea they are leveraging tech companies for this purpose is ludicrous.
    - skrtskrt 1y ago
      Is Yandex == Russia? Is West == unquestionably good? Do you have the same stance on Israel?
      - margalabargala 1y ago
        Yandex is the Russian government, yes. It didn't used to be but it is now. https://www.zois-berlin.de/en/publications/zois-spotlight/the-sad-fate-of-yandex-from-independent-tech-startup-to-kremlin-propaganda-tool https://www.zois-berlin.de/en/publications/zois-spotlight/th...
  - cosmicgadget 1y ago
    You sound really mad that people would criticize Russia.
    - skrtskrt 1y ago
      I mean by all means, stick with Google and its ever-declining search quality and ever-expanding monopoly power while it builds AI tools for Israel to automate the slaughter of civilians, instead of a search engine startup that... has some minor partnership with another search engine that is located in a country where you don't like its government?
      - cosmicgadget 1y ago
        You know a lot about what I'm doing.
  - margalabargala 1y ago
    > Is Yandex an arm of Russian intelligence? Any more than Google and Bing are arms of US surveillance? Yes.
- jorvi 1y ago
  "people", as in a perpetually offended tiny minority that want the entire world to bend to their comfort bubble. I'm fairly certain you're also one of the users that incessantly badgered them about excluding Brave's index, trying to portray it like the majority of Kagi users wanted that. Vlad's stance is very refreshing in the current politically correct world: if including an index makes for better search results (= a better product for the users), it will be included.
  - cosmicgadget 1y ago
    'Offended' is a weird word to describe people choosing to boycott evil.
    - drewbitt 1y ago
      Yandex is evil?
    - pphysch 1y ago
      Boycott particular examples of evil that they disagree with politically.
      - cosmicgadget 1y ago
        I am curious about your politics that favor the invasion of Ukraine.
        vickychijwani 1y ago
        I’m curious about your politics that are comfortable accepting a long list of invasions by the US, but somehow draw the line when it comes to this particular invasion. I’m not saying it’s good to favour invasive countries, I’m just saying this is hypocritical. I have no particular love for either the US or Russia.
        cosmicgadget 1y ago

jwr 1y ago

Yes, Yandex, they pay them for some of their search results. Here is their own statement, where they refuse to stop, even though people keep asking them: https://kagifeedback.org/d/5445-reconsider-yandex-integration-due-to-the-geopolitical-status-quo https://kagifeedback.org/d/5445-reconsider-yandex-integratio...

skrtskrt 1y ago
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- tarkin2 1y ago
  Russia is a dictatorship at war with Ukraine and the West by their own statements and actions. The idea they are leveraging tech companies for this purpose is ludicrous.
  - skrtskrt 1y ago
    Is Yandex == Russia? Is West == unquestionably good? Do you have the same stance on Israel?
    - margalabargala 1y ago
      Yandex is the Russian government, yes. It didn't used to be but it is now. https://www.zois-berlin.de/en/publications/zois-spotlight/the-sad-fate-of-yandex-from-independent-tech-startup-to-kremlin-propaganda-tool https://www.zois-berlin.de/en/publications/zois-spotlight/th...
- cosmicgadget 1y ago
  You sound really mad that people would criticize Russia.
  - skrtskrt 1y ago
    I mean by all means, stick with Google and its ever-declining search quality and ever-expanding monopoly power while it builds AI tools for Israel to automate the slaughter of civilians, instead of a search engine startup that... has some minor partnership with another search engine that is located in a country where you don't like its government?
    - cosmicgadget 1y ago
      You know a lot about what I'm doing.
- margalabargala 1y ago
  > Is Yandex an arm of Russian intelligence? Any more than Google and Bing are arms of US surveillance? Yes.
jorvi 1y ago
"people", as in a perpetually offended tiny minority that want the entire world to bend to their comfort bubble. I'm fairly certain you're also one of the users that incessantly badgered them about excluding Brave's index, trying to portray it like the majority of Kagi users wanted that. Vlad's stance is very refreshing in the current politically correct world: if including an index makes for better search results (= a better product for the users), it will be included.
- cosmicgadget 1y ago
  'Offended' is a weird word to describe people choosing to boycott evil.
  - drewbitt 1y ago
    Yandex is evil?
  - pphysch 1y ago
    Boycott particular examples of evil that they disagree with politically.
    - cosmicgadget 1y ago
      I am curious about your politics that favor the invasion of Ukraine.
      - vickychijwani 1y ago
        I’m curious about your politics that are comfortable accepting a long list of invasions by the US, but somehow draw the line when it comes to this particular invasion. I’m not saying it’s good to favour invasive countries, I’m just saying this is hypocritical. I have no particular love for either the US or Russia.
        cosmicgadget 1y ago