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Google begins requiring JavaScript for Google Search (techcrunch.com)
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[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 hours ago

A lot of people turn off js to avoid tracking, or for performance, or they are calling the search in scripts, or they are doing illegal deals in their browser. There are dozens of reasons to do this.

I’m USA based and this will impact future protests : not just the search but all google services must be avoided in the future.

This will also break tens of thousands of scripts