Where are you? The JavaScript block also seems to disable reader mode, so maybe they serve a different page in places with accessibility requirements
Comment on Google now requires JavaScript
JTskulk@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I just disabled Javascript and Google still works fine. It might be only Google’s mobile site that requires it.
m_f@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
Could very well be a mobile thing. I was pretty annoyed recently when logging into gcal for work on my phone, it refused to let me sign in without giving them my cell phone number. When I switched to wifi, it stopped bugging me, so clearly they pay attention to that sort of signal.