Re: [LINK] Google begins requiring JavaScript for Google Search

On Mon, 21 Jan 2025, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:

Google begins requiring JavaScript for Google Search
by Thom Holwerda 2025-01-18
- https://www.osnews.com/story/141570/google-begins-requiring-javascript-for-google-search/
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" Google says it has begun requiring users to turn on JavaScript, the
 widely used programming language to make web pages interactive, in
 order to use Google Search.
 In an email to TechCrunch, a company spokesperson claimed that the
 change is intended to "better protect" Google Search against
 malicious activity, such as bots and spam, and to improve the
 overall Google Search experience for users. The spokesperson noted
 that, without JavaScript, many Google Search features won't work
 properly and that the quality of search results tends to be
 degraded.
Kyle Wiggers at TechCrunch
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One of the strangely odd compliments you could give Google Search
is that it would load even on the weirdest or oldest browsers,
simply because it didn't require JavaScript. Whether I loaded
Google Search in the JS-less Dillo, Blazer on PalmOS, or the latest
Firefox, I'd end up with a search box I could type something into
and search. Sure, beyond that the web would be, shall we say,
problematic, but at least Google Search worked. With this move,
Google will end such compatibility, which was most likely a side
effect more than policy." ...
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I switched from Google to Duck Duck Go (Lite) many years ago, but
it's annoying that I'll have to find another search engine to use
as a fall-back for when DDG breaks, since I do most of my Web
browsing in Dillo.

Can't you use the !g on ddg? Maybe ddg sanitizes the google output a bit? If that doesn't work, I recommend startpage.com which is just an interface to google.