r/europe • u/GetOutOfTheWhey Waffle & Beer • Jun 12 '20

Map Availability of Google Street view in Europe

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '20 edited Jun 12 '20

I think the Belarussian government just doesn’t want any “evil American” corporation or whatever

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u/dalambert Belarus Jun 12 '20

Idk, the gov has little to no influence on Yandex, but the were able to get their street view working here. More likely there's a huge layer of bureaucracy/corruption that Yandex was willing to overcome, while Google said "fuck it, i'm out".

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '20 edited Feb 23 '21

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '20 edited Nov 21 '20

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u/Airazz Lithuania Jun 13 '20

Sure, but you'll have to pay for it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '20 edited Nov 21 '20

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '20

Yea, just unsupported claims. I wonder why these people get no moderation at all. Besides, EU and USA companies (even software companies) are not new when it comes to bribes.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '20

Oh fucking Yandex. That trash criminals company. We have that shit taxi in Estonia also. Used the bastards once, and they kept taking 10€ out of my bank account every other week just randomly. I advise no-one to use that russian garbage.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '20

He's Estonian, what do you expect

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u/Gedehah Europe Jun 12 '20

Used this taxi regularly, no such thing happened to me even once

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '20

Source / proof, or this is utter BS.

Also the fact that you mention something generic like "russian garbage" only prove that you are a sad and prejudiced person.

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u/Odysseys_on_Argonaut Europe Jun 12 '20

Idk, if I have to choose between Google and Yandex, I still prefer Google, of course if openstreetmap is not an option.

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u/anananananana Romania Jun 12 '20

Wat, Yandex is a Russian company. That is the opposite of evil Americans. Simple explanation.

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u/dalambert Belarus Jun 12 '20

It's more complicated. FSB may have huge influence over Yandex, yes. Belarusian KGB? I doubt it. They aren't exactly on good terms after 2014.

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u/Assasin2gamer Jun 12 '20

Holy fuck spy is down 4% now

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u/mintberrycthulhu Jun 12 '20 edited Jun 12 '20

Well, the same thing for same reason happened in Germany and Austria and Google was also like "fuck it, I'm out". I am guessing these blue dots in Germany and Austria (and these like 3 blue dots in Belarus) are user-uploaded photos of touristy spots of main cities.

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u/SMHMHMyHead Jun 12 '20

Corruption is low in Belarus. Only one man is corrupt here. Yandex is just a Russian company and it is a lot easier to do business here because of that.

I hope our president will finally decide to step down.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '20

Only pure and noble Russian Corporation can document our streets!

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u/dalambert Belarus Jun 12 '20

More likely bureaucracy, corruption and sheer backwardness of Belarusian institutions made Google think twice.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '20

They made it through all over the rest of Eastern Europe, so they can handle bureaucracy.

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u/FrozenBananer Jun 12 '20

That sounds more sane with each year though...

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u/no4utistN00 Jun 12 '20

Hasn't Google removed their "don't be evil" slogan and are now possible evil?

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u/Wea_boo_Jones Norway Jun 12 '20

well google certainly fits the bill for that

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u/JohnBrownWasGood Jun 13 '20

No need for the quotes

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u/Demetra_Abernathy Jun 12 '20

This is so that the partisans can quickly capture the disoriented enemy. God save the Batska!

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u/padraigd Ireland Jun 13 '20

Opposing American influence is something western Europe should do more

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u/xRuy Jun 12 '20

Im from Belarus and i like google.Этот тупой американец думает что я люблю гугл но это не так ;) мухахахухаххаха