Does it really make sense to write keywords in yoast?

Question

Search Engine Optimization

I read that it has not brought any effect for three years now.
Is it so?

Answer 1

Not three years, but 8 years already)
https://www.seroundtable.com/archives/020798.html

Answer 2

Yandex says that keywords "can be taken into account" when ranking, provided that they are relevant to the content of the page and do not contain spam. Google hasn't taken into account the keywords meta tag for a very long time.