submitted 4 months ago by hungryphrog to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I'm not tech savvy and have noticed that many streaming sites are .ru, and as someone located in Finland, I want to make sure if they are dangerous to use.

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[-] khorovodoved@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

Actually, yandex.ru is a thing. It was the main domain for yandex for many years and became a redirect to dzen.ru as part of a deal between yandex and mail.ru (another Russian tech company). But dzen.ru still contains yandex search string, so there is not a lot of difference.

[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

Visit yandex.ru. It’s not the main Yandex domain just go visit it. Bro. Please. Stop.

[-] khorovodoved@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

Guy, I visit yandex.ru every day. It is my homepage.

It seems to me that you did not read my message, so here is the repeat:

yandex.ru was main domain of yandex for decades.
yandex sold some of services to mail.ru group
as part of that deal yandex.ru became a redirect to dzen.ru, which contains links to services run by both, yandex and mail.ru

Here is even some proof of that: https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/russia-tightens-grip-media-yandex-sells-homepage-news-rival-vk-2022-08-23/