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Yeah, Google stopped working without JavaScript in the last year (although I believe this is a region-dependent block and may also vary by user agent string)

rodarima 1y ago
Yeah, I tried to reach out to Google back when they introduced the JS-wall, but they seem to have an AI chatbot acting as a filter, so I didn't spent much energy. Later they also blocked other non-JS browsers like links or w3m, so I assume they no longer care. They used to maintain several frontends that worked in really old devices. I don't think there is any User-Agent that works today, however you can still use the Google index via other search indexes that can fetch Google results without JS (for example Startpage still works). However, it is probably a good idea to have more options available that have their own independent index engine (for example Mojeek). Seirdy has a very good list: https://seirdy.one/posts/2021/03/10/search-engines-with-own-indexes/ https://seirdy.one/posts/2021/03/10/search-engines-with-own-...
- nicoburns 1y ago
  Startpage is a good recommendation! I am able to search the web using my browser with startpage. I had tried duckduckgo but have been unable to get past the captcha.
- kragen 1y ago
  Thanks for the Startpage rec! I've used them in the past but hadn't tried them as a way around Google's JS-wall.
- cachius 1y ago
  Thanks for Seirdy’s list. It is well maintained https://git.sr.ht/~seirdy/seirdy.one/log/master/item/content/posts/search-engines-with-own-indexes.md?__goaway_challenge=meta-refresh&__goaway_id=1281ecc42979651f6eb1ec3835b21ad0 https://git.sr.ht/~seirdy/seirdy.one/log/master/item/content...
userbinator 1y ago
Only several weeks ago was when they broke it for all UAs I could try. If anyone has figured out one that still works, please do tell. Incidentally, DDG still works without JS.
t-3 1y ago
On the same machine, Google works fine in links, but fails in dillo, seamonkey, firefox without js.
jmclnx 1y ago
Yes, I have been using https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite for searching in Dillo. Once in a while you may get a captcha from DDG that is far better that any other captcha I have ever seen. The captcha is easy to use and can be a bit fun :)

rodarima 1y ago

Yeah, I tried to reach out to Google back when they introduced the JS-wall, but they seem to have an AI chatbot acting as a filter, so I didn't spent much energy. Later they also blocked other non-JS browsers like links or w3m, so I assume they no longer care. They used to maintain several frontends that worked in really old devices. I don't think there is any User-Agent that works today, however you can still use the Google index via other search indexes that can fetch Google results without JS (for example Startpage still works). However, it is probably a good idea to have more options available that have their own independent index engine (for example Mojeek). Seirdy has a very good list: https://seirdy.one/posts/2021/03/10/search-engines-with-own-indexes/ https://seirdy.one/posts/2021/03/10/search-engines-with-own-...

nicoburns 1y ago
Startpage is a good recommendation! I am able to search the web using my browser with startpage. I had tried duckduckgo but have been unable to get past the captcha.
kragen 1y ago
Thanks for the Startpage rec! I've used them in the past but hadn't tried them as a way around Google's JS-wall.
cachius 1y ago
Thanks for Seirdy’s list. It is well maintained https://git.sr.ht/~seirdy/seirdy.one/log/master/item/content/posts/search-engines-with-own-indexes.md?__goaway_challenge=meta-refresh&__goaway_id=1281ecc42979651f6eb1ec3835b21ad0 https://git.sr.ht/~seirdy/seirdy.one/log/master/item/content...

userbinator 1y ago

Only several weeks ago was when they broke it for all UAs I could try. If anyone has figured out one that still works, please do tell. Incidentally, DDG still works without JS.

t-3 1y ago

On the same machine, Google works fine in links, but fails in dillo, seamonkey, firefox without js.

jmclnx 1y ago

Yes, I have been using https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite for searching in Dillo. Once in a while you may get a captcha from DDG that is far better that any other captcha I have ever seen. The captcha is easy to use and can be a bit fun :)