Since I pretty much only use Google Books for public domain books, old magazines...

mikestew · 2026-01-26T19:59:06 1769457546

This was addressed in the post, I'm sure you just missed it when you read it:

"But a few days ago they removed ALL search functions for any books with previews, which are disproportionately modern books." <emphasis mine>

bryanrasmussen · 2026-01-27T00:12:13 1769472733

right, my point was just because what they use it for is now useless mine isn't and personally I think mine is more useful.

mikestew · 2026-01-27T14:53:00 1769525580

Fair enough, thanks for the clarification.

adamnemecek · 2026-01-26T19:29:48 1769455788

No the search results went from pretty good to absolute garbage https://bsky.app/profile/adamnemecek.bsky.social/post/3mdbup...