IIRC this was due to a lost court case: > Almost two years ago, Getty Images filed antitrust charges against Google in the EU, taking issue with the company's

IIRC this was due to a lost court case: > Almost two years ago, Getty Images filed antitrust charges against Google in the EU, taking issue with the company's image scraping techniques to display image search results. Earlier this week, Google and Getty Images announced a partnership and Getty withdrew its charges against Google. Changes like the removal of direct image links were apparently part of the agreement. Source: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/02/internet-rages-after-google-removes-view-image-button-bowing-to-getty/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/02/internet-rages-after... Meanwhile, the browser feature right click -> "View Image" still works for me on Firefox, as a replacement.