I don't know if anyone has noticed. But Google just put in an automatic redirect when I searched starting around Jan 15th. In Palemoon the redirect is so quick I can't manually stop it by hitting the X button on the navigation bar. But in Firefox ESR 52.9.0 I can stop it. Search results are returned with the added text (Please click here if you are not redirected within a few seconds.) at the top hyperlinked to https://www.google.com/httpservice/retr ... PIP9b_kmAo wanting me to enable javascript.

I have always searched Google with all scripting disabled. Not just because of the awful AI results now dumped at the top of the search results page. But because of security and privacy concerns. Not to mention the cleaner look. First it was moving cached pages behind a script. Then it was removing cache all together for BS reasons. Then the AI bologna! Now this stupid redirect! This is the straw that broke the camels back!
I have been looking for a script or add-on that can disable this dumb a** redirect. I found an article about redirect settings in Firefox. But those don't have any affect and Palemoon doesn't seem to be any better. So far no luck finding any effective counter measure. Does anyone know of an add-on that works in the older Firefox and Palemoon? Or know if there is a Palemoon about:config setting that will disable this Google redirect?
I shouldn't have to be fighting Google with "counter measures', sounds more like a war. Which is what the internet apparently has degenerated into. A war between users and big corporate monopolies making outrageous and stupid decisions like this one from Google.
I'd like to request that Palemoon have a function added via the about:config settings or that an add-on be made that can negate this Google obscenity. Thanks in advance for your replies.