Google now requires JavaScript

I hate how these kinds of messages never explain WHY. It's just "Do it. Do what we tell you." 💀

Google is no longer a Search Engine. It is a commerce/purchase search. It's nothing more than ads and corporate results to purchase goods & services. Google Shopping has taken over Google.

https://html.duckduckgo.com/html/

DuckDuckGo doesn't ;)

By the way, in my browser, the title of this post shows up as

Google now requires Javascript in c/mildlyinfuriating

which shocked me a little.

I know this may come off as a surprise: but I imagine that requiring JS in 2024 isn't a big deal to most people.

Now of course Lemmy skews more into that small crowd.

I don't blame any website for requiring JS for full functionality in 2024.

I love that society is basically stratifying into groups based on tech knowledge - it all seems very Cyberpunk.

You're still using Google search?

Yep. I use Noscript and DDG Lite by default. Just putting into duckduckgo: !g <your search goes here> will search google without having to turn JS on...looks like Duckduckgo wins again, even when it comes to using google, lol.

Who still uses Google? DDG has been way better for a long while now. Join the duck side.

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Just use SearXNG.

Use any of the following:

• DuckDuckGo Lite.

• Stract.

• Alexandria.

• Clew.

• Peeker.

• Mwmbl.

• Search my site.

• Marginalia.

• Wiby.

I like the SearX search engine. It gives old-school, relevant search results, not google ranked ones.

https://search.inetol.net/

It's also spread out over many separate instances, so you can pick the one that best suits your search needs:

https://searx.space/

Use LibreX or a fork called LibreY, it's a JS-free proxy for Google search

There's a list of instances at https://librey.org/instances.php

Something similar exists for DuckDuckGo btw, it's called 4get

Or you can just use SearXNG, a meta search engine that aggregates results from multiple sources

No offense intended, but why are you still using Google? Startpage has anonyomized results from Google. DuckDuckGo is good enough for most people as well. Brave search also exists if you don't mind supporting that shitty company.

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lol. nope. not happening. that's not how to get me to even think about using your search again (having quit over a decade ago).

I've been happy with Qwant lately, they have their own index so using them doesn't support the Google + Bing hegemony. They're also EU based and regulated by the gdpr.

why are you using google in 2024 grandpa

There are so many alternatives

AFAIK Startpage gives you google results with your privacy intact and less ads.

they def wanna maximize data collection with javascript

These are also just fun:

• Wilby
• The Useless Web
• Marginalia Search

I also use Mojeek when I want a (serious) different set of results that I'm not getting from those pulling from google, bing, etc. It's not the best but it's getting better over time.

I just disabled Javascript and Google still works fine. It might be only Google's mobile site that requires it.

If you ever need a search engine without JavaScript or https, give http://frogfind.com/ a try. Works great on ancient browsers and operating systems.

Can't tell if because of spyware or because the poor intern they hired to maintain the site for the next month only knows JS frontends lol

Oof ouch my Lynx.

Oh well, there's always DDG and friends.

Who uses the internet without JavaScript? Must have so many broken websites

Btw it’s possible to fingerprint people with JavaScript disabled. I found this article explaining and demonstrating if you’re curious.

rip lynx browser, unless- alternative search engine?

Switch to Kagi

As a former web dev, good. I didn't get paid enough to care about the people that block JavaScript