I prefer the yasnippet way because it uses fields in the snippet. The default way prompts you for values in the minibuffer with read-string, which I dislike. It also overrides my preferred behavior, and there’s no option to disable it.

Of course, there’s always a way in Emacs, and it can be removed with this code:

(let (python-mode-abbrev-table)
  (require 'python))

Which is simple and works, though I dislike it. I prefer to tweak behaviors with eval-after-load, since requires can be slow. Unfortunately, by the time that code executes, the damage is done.

I’ll update if I find a better way to fix it.