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Has Google ended support for plain HTML search?
- hackerb9 1y agoAs of today, all plain HTML searches fail. Text mode browsers like `w3m`, `links`, and `lynx` now show a page that says, "Update your browser". Command line tools like `curl` and `wget` redirect to a page which say, "Turn on JavaScript to keep searching". Hopefully this is just a temporary glitch or security measure as Google hasn't announced anything yet.
- ChrisArchitect 1y ago[dupe] An earlier post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45201692 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45201692
- stathibus 1y agoEmbrace…
- jasonjmcghee 1y agoWoah. What do folks use for use cases that require it (e.g. lynx)? There's: https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite
- benbristow 1y agoProbably in preparation for them forcing users to use AI search. https://mashable.com/article/google-ai-mode-search-default-rumors https://mashable.com/article/google-ai-mode-search-default-r...
- stuaxo 1y agoWell. Fuck google I guess.
- maltelandwehr 1y agoI think all the new LLM labs (plus all the tools offering SEO services for LLM-based search and answer engines) finally reached a limit of scraping that Google no longer can sustain.