Another plus of duckduckgo as they support searching without JavaScript.
this post was submitted on 18 Jan 2025
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This is an accessibility issue above all else.
Someone should start an ADA lawsuit.
2025 was the end of a lot of things.
One of those things, was Google.
Found about this because whoogle stopped working, still produces image results, but not search.
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).