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Firefox removed Yandex search option

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Re: Firefox removed Yandex search option

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Post by sjmm1989 »

It's a shame that Yandex is getting this treatment...

It's translation service is by my opinion far better, since I have been able to use it very effectively to converse with anyone around the world in their native tongue. Google... ...

I learned the hard way that google is not that great at translating. It seems good, to those who haven't found out why it's bad.

P.S. I can basically copy and paste a yandex translation for any language. Doing the same with a google translation has gotten me some very confused messages back. Many times. I guess I should be clearer about that.

Re: Firefox removed Yandex search option

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Post by norvvryo »

stereoradonc wrote: post #232

Cancel culture comes to browsers. I never thought I'd type this in my lifetime.

Really? It seems like a foregone conclusion. These censorious tyrants have been chipping away at the pillars of Western civilization for quite a while now.

They'll hand-wave criticism by bringing up things like the "slippery slope fallacy." Don't be fooled. Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.

Re: Firefox removed Yandex search option

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Post by NelsonMinar »

It's worth remembering any discussion you see about Russian tech topics right now is almost certainly influenced by paid Russian propaganda agents. Here's two news articles that may provide more carefully edited context.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/firefox-98-0-1-has-one-big-cha...

https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/russia-ukraine-cris...

Re: Firefox removed Yandex search option

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Post by phendrenad2 »

NelsonMinar wrote: post #255

It's worth remembering any discussion you see about Russian tech topics right now is almost certainly influenced by paid Russian propaganda agents. Here's two news articles that may provide more carefully edited context. https://www.zdnet.com/article/firefox-98-0-1-has-one-big-cha... https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/russia-ukraine-cris...

It's time to ban Russian geo IPs from HN.

Re: Firefox removed Yandex search option

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Post by oceanplexian »

stereoradonc wrote: post #232

Cancel culture comes to browsers. I never thought I'd type this in my lifetime.

Honestly, I’m grateful that it’s happening out in the open. It’s been illuminating for me who really stands by Liberal Democracy, and the ideals of Free Speech and Freedom of Expression, and who are the posers. If you can’t advocate for the rights of people you disagree with you never really stood for anything in the first place.

Re: Firefox removed Yandex search option

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Post by rizky2410 »

BlueTemplar wrote: post #103
waffleiron wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People are dying in Yemen every single day, and the world doesn't exclude Saudi Arabia from everything. The double standard happens right now even.

Once the war in Ukraine is over, maybe there's an opportunity here to focus a boycott on them ?

I wouldn't count on that.

Re: Firefox removed Yandex search option

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Post by TobyTheDog123 »

NelsonMinar wrote: post #255

It's worth remembering any discussion you see about Russian tech topics right now is almost certainly influenced by paid Russian propaganda agents. Here's two news articles that may provide more carefully edited context. https://www.zdnet.com/article/firefox-98-0-1-has-one-big-cha... https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/russia-ukraine-cris...

Do you mean that the discussion here could be paid Russian propaganda, or that this post is? I’m not sure how a link to the Mozilla bug tracker could be taken out of context.

Re: Firefox removed Yandex search option

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Post by sharikous »

alogray wrote: post #228
sharikous wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree with the grandparent comment. And it is because of separation of concerns. You can put it in the same basket as freedom of speech, but it's a bit different. A browser is a browser. It does not have to promote a moral view. In fact it has to provide ways to find information. Not to limit purposefully ways to find information.

It sounds like your issue is not that the browser is promoting a moral view but rather that it’s promoting one in conflict with the moral view you think it should be promoting.

No my issue is exactly that the browser is promoting a moral view.

You are somewhat right on a meta level: I think a browser should promote the moral view that it shouldn't promote any moral view in particular.

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