From: Hank@nospam.invalid   
      
   Charlie Gibbs wrote on 10/29/2025 1:47 PM:   
   > On 2025-10-29, Dirk Fieldhouse   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 14/10/2025 06:19, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Paul Bergsagel wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> I have solved the issue of Google not working. You need to LOG-IN to   
   >>>> your google account first.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Steps I used:   
   >>>> Enter Google.com in the search bar.   
   >>>> Log-in to your Google Account   
   >>>> Success I can search Google again   
   >>>   
   >>> Sure. But if you do that, all your searches become part of your Google   
   >>> profile. If you care about privacy, find another solution.   
   >>   
   >> In any case G search now   
   >>    
   >> requires www.google.com enabled for JS, so you can't make it work   
   >> without buying Alphabet, building a time machine, or similar. Which is a   
   >> pretty tragic case of enshittification given that G search used to be   
   >> both simple and effective.   
   >   
   > Even worse, DuckDuckGo has stopped working.  Type something into the   
   > search bar and hit , and the status line says "Waiting for   
   > improving.duckduckgo.com", and hangs there forever.   
   >   
   > Firefox still works normally.  But I hate its user interface.   
   >   
      
   Duck duck is working fine for me with latest version of seamonkey   
   running on win 11.   
      
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