Usually, when I used Google Search on some ISP CGNAT IP addresses (not even a VPN), I usually get countless CAPTCHAs evertime I initiate a new session to Google Search on a new private browsing window (probably an artifact from residential proxy botnets).

Recently, in addition to that, they started to just lock the entire search results page behind a login prompt on some of those bad IP addresses (like YouTube does for some time with the "Sign in to confirm you're not a bot" prompt). This potentially makes the service less accessible, especially for those using a shared/public computers.

I did not even get this prompt on some VPN IPs, and even no CAPTCHAs at all, even with a free one like given by Firefox.

Has anyone encountered that? I just encountered this today. It's really unfortunate for the internet to become less friendly to signed-out users, especially since AI scrapers starting to "abuse" the internet for their value.