Oracle has two different links up, one of which requires a login. Searching "jdk download" on a clean machine brings me to the technetwork page which requires a login.
Maybe the title should be modified to: “Tell HN: It’s now slightly harder to find a Java download link in a few seconds of searching”
Its not in the first few links on my Google search. Same with someone else in this post
Google results are influenced by your search history.