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Privacy-wise, it enables them to track the result you click on.

Also, though more niche, it would make archived search result pages (e.g. on the Wayback Machine) less useful.

I think they always knew what link you clicked on (when most of the web has a ga4 tag on the other side of the link)

You can block Google Analytics with your browser. You can't block needing to ask Google for the URL of the result you want to visit.

If you're that concerned, use another search engine

I have to anyway because google always gives me endless captchas, as my ISP frequently rotates IPs with people who can't behave.

That's just Google not caring about your ISP because you live in the global south. Everyone gets this. US citizens get the exact same problem but Google whitelists their networks.

> because you live in the global south

I don't, but thanks for confidently assuming.

At least Google thinks you do. And Google kind of has the power to decide where the global south is, at least as far as it pertains to captchas.

Not just global south, happened all the time to me after first search page of the day until i stopped using them, northern eu.

My responding to comments doesn't mean I use them.

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