Google Ends Support for Lynx Browser
35 zhenyi 11 9/10/2025, 6:20:36 PM
Accessing google.com in Lynx now shows:
Google
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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.
Edit: corrected spelling error
Google begins requiring JavaScript for Google Search
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42747092
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)
But Linux! And *BSD! Or some Illumos.
Or in general just some effin textmode terminal, running whatever is able to run Lynx/Links/Elinks(2?).