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[–] Zachariah 17 points 2 days ago

all pages should degrade gracefully when:
javascript is not enabled
style sheets are disabled or a custom one is loaded by the user
bandwidth speed is low
audio is off
parts of the page are blocked by the user/browser
elements are not supported by the browser

This is an accessibility issue above all else.
Someone should start an ADA lawsuit.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 8 points 2 days ago

2025 was the end of a lot of things.

One of those things, was Google.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Found about this because whoogle stopped working, still produces image results, but not search.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

DDG/Mojeek are probably the best engines now. Here's the Whoogle dev's note:

As of 16 January, 2025, Google seemingly no longer supports performing search queries without JavaScript enabled. This is a fundamental part of how Whoogle works -- Whoogle requests the JavaScript-free search results, then filters out garbage from the results page and proxies all external content for the user.

This is possibly a breaking change that will mean the end for Whoogle. I'll continue monitoring the status of their JS-free results and looking into workarounds, and will make another post if a solution is found (or not).