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EDIT: Forging user agent in Links (with links -http.fake-user-agent) gets a usable homepage, but the results page just sends you to a turn-on-your-javascript page.
maybe this is a knee-jerk reaction but I don't see any good reason for this. At it's core Google's job is to take an input and list outputs. The marketshare of people using lynx is small enough that whatever advertising or ai extras they want to squeeze in won't be meaningfully impacted by not working on lynx. Edit: corrected spelling error
(for the record I grow to dislike g more every day, and also this move)
Try http://frogfind.com/
maybe this is a knee-jerk reaction but I don't see any good reason for this. At it's core Google's job is to take an input and list outputs. The marketshare of people using lynx is small enough that whatever advertising or ai extras they want to squeeze in won't be meaningfully impacted by not working on lynx. Edit: corrected spelling error
I wonder to what extent visually disabled internet users are affected by this, since I can imagine at least some of them using lynx with an on-screen reader for a terminal emulator.
What's the advantage of using lynx as opposed to Chrome/Safari and using the read aloud features?
That said, I just found this post by a blind person who uses Lynx and complained about it the last time Google broke Lynx support:
These bastards have truly ruined what's left of the open Internet. Google, FUCK YOU!
Suggest changing title to something along lines of "Tell HN: Accessing google in lynx now shows unsupported" Maybe, like in 2019 when a similar submission got traction, you'll be able to get it restored . ( I am no longer able to use Google with Lynx https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21626995 )
I wonder if an Invidious or Nitter-like solution will be coming soon, as no doubt me and countless others, although still a minority, are now truly motivated to do something about it. These bastards have truly ruined what's left of the open Internet. Google, FUCK YOU!
maybe this is a knee-jerk reaction but I don't see any good reason for this. At it's core Google's job is to take an input and list outputs. The marketshare of people using lynx is small enough that whatever advertising or ai extras they want to squeeze in won't be meaningfully impacted by not working on lynx. Edit: corrected spelling error
Internet marketers can misuse this to send lot of automated requests instead of paying for API access.
Anyone can spoof UA…