Yes Recaptcha needs a lot of work before it becomes usable again. It's not super friendly for humans and just as easy for bots to break failing miserably on bot

Yes Recaptcha needs a lot of work before it becomes usable again. It's not super friendly for humans and just as easy for bots to break failing miserably on both ends. I've also noticed that Google search has become a lot less friendly. One of my favorite queries is "site:stackoverflow.com keyword" but 1 out of 5 times I see that annoying captcha (i think google gets triggered faster when I use this keyword to limit my searches to SO only) and then I have to tag a barrage of unending streetlights and cars just to get an answer :( It has actually been quite beneficial to help me break my Google habit and move to another search engine.