Re: Lynx Google issue

Thanks for the workaround:
lynx -useragent='Lynx/2.9.2 AppleWebKit/528.18' google.com
It opens the usual search mask but after submitting a search request
I'm getting a help service side providing info how to configure
some mainstream browsers.

Any ideas?

Best, Klaus

On Wed, 10 Sep 2025, Ian Collier via Lynx-dev wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 11:51:40AM -0400, Dan Yaklich wrote:
>> I'm on Lynx version 2.9.2 and I receive this message now on Google:
>
>> Update your browser, Your browser isn't supported anymore. To continue
>> your search, upgrade to a recent version. Learn more
>
> Yes, that happened to me today as well (not sure what time it stopped,
> but it worked in the morning UK time and did not work in the afternoon).
> Google apparently hates browsers that can't view their JavaScript AI
> garbage.
>
> For now, I've discovered that this works, but it's only a matter of time
> before they remove that loophole as well:
>
> lynx -useragent='Lynx/2.9.2 AppleWebKit/528.18' google.com
>
> I'll eventually be forced to switch to DuckDuckGo, but it just isn't as
> good at returning relevant results.
>
> Ian Collier.
>
>

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