Ah, i didnt know it was that bad. I just rarelly use the browser now but used it a lot a few years back. i do use the mail and cloud service daily… I ended up using it because i was looking for a google alternative and yandex mail looked easier to manage than gmail to me.
I used the browser cause it felt less restricted than google… im not talking about adds but about the “guessing what you are actually looking for”
Most of the adds I get in the services i use are in russian so my head probably just goes by them cause i cant read it and they are totally not targeted cause what could i possibly buy in or from russia?.. maybe i get less adds because i live in the other end of the world?
Heh, it’s probably a good usecase to enjoy Y-services outside of Russia. I didn’t think of it. While you are there, it’s pretty bad.
I dislike it for how they buthchered their own services, like market.yandex.ru to serve their ambitions as a marketing platform. Before, you could use it to find different deals from different vendors, compare prices, but now it’s their storefront, their vendors, a lil amazon.
What I really hate is that their chromium browser can get installed without admin rights, and also install their other apps like Alice (virtual assistent) and their search button. On install, it would, without a promt, suck your other browsers’ info into it, and then send it to their servers. For no one is to sue them, they started to behave like a malware.
Ah, i didnt know it was that bad. I just rarelly use the browser now but used it a lot a few years back. i do use the mail and cloud service daily… I ended up using it because i was looking for a google alternative and yandex mail looked easier to manage than gmail to me.
I used the browser cause it felt less restricted than google… im not talking about adds but about the “guessing what you are actually looking for”
Most of the adds I get in the services i use are in russian so my head probably just goes by them cause i cant read it and they are totally not targeted cause what could i possibly buy in or from russia?.. maybe i get less adds because i live in the other end of the world?
Heh, it’s probably a good usecase to enjoy Y-services outside of Russia. I didn’t think of it. While you are there, it’s pretty bad.
I dislike it for how they buthchered their own services, like market.yandex.ru to serve their ambitions as a marketing platform. Before, you could use it to find different deals from different vendors, compare prices, but now it’s their storefront, their vendors, a lil amazon.
What I really hate is that their chromium browser can get installed without admin rights, and also install their other apps like Alice (virtual assistent) and their search button. On install, it would, without a promt, suck your other browsers’ info into it, and then send it to their servers. For no one is to sue them, they started to behave like a malware.