For Russian users this is actually beneficial. You see, they have their own "Google" that serves that market much better: Yandex. The first thing I did when I bought my mom a smartphone there is I installed Yandex launcher and a bunch of other Yandex stuff - out of the box it's unusable to anyone beyond age 30. Not only is their search is better when searching the Russian-speaking segment of the internet, their local news, maps, etc are all better as well. Their maps, for instance, tell you where the speed cameras are on the highway so you could avoid a ticket. They even have their own voice assistant, and it works OK too.