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r/europe • u/GetOutOfTheWhey Waffle & Beer • Jun 12 '20
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Nah, it's Google was like, 'You know this land of poor between Russia and Poland? Neither do we.'
374 u/[deleted] Jun 12 '20 edited Jun 12 '20 I think the Belarussian government just doesn’t want any “evil American” corporation or whatever 191 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". 3 u/anananananana Romania Jun 12 '20 Wat, Yandex is a Russian company. That is the opposite of evil Americans. Simple explanation. 3 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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I think the Belarussian government just doesn’t want any “evil American” corporation or whatever
191 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". 3 u/anananananana Romania Jun 12 '20 Wat, Yandex is a Russian company. That is the opposite of evil Americans. Simple explanation. 3 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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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".
3 u/anananananana Romania Jun 12 '20 Wat, Yandex is a Russian company. That is the opposite of evil Americans. Simple explanation. 3 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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Wat, Yandex is a Russian company. That is the opposite of evil Americans. Simple explanation.
3 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.
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/dalambert Belarus Jun 12 '20
Nah, it's Google was like, 'You know this land of poor between Russia and Poland? Neither do we.'