Same thing happened to me, especially if I have VPN or ad blockers on. I moved to StartPage.com.
No one FR should be using Google as a default search engine. Google hates you, all of us, that is obvious.
Brave browser and search for me.
I always use Startpage as well. For me, it’s the best option out there. Plus I use a few adblockers as well.
Exactly with Brave as my browser.
Ironic how you ask for computer advice, and you get a bunch of lectures of the danger of google. sigh...
With that said, if you are on a VPN, or some network or device that uses a dynamic IP or mac address, its common to be asked to verify that you are human. It’s the same as if you were consistently using a browser in ‘incognito’ mode.
Of it could be you have your system set NOT to save cookies. These are just some of the factors that maybe affecting your system(s).
If you listen to the smarter among us on this thread, you may notice you may the same issue on other browsers. This is due to your network (local and/or remote), and not who’s spying on you. Speaking of which: Do you have an apple or android smart phone? If so, there’s no need spying on your searches, since more data about you can and will be collected from your phone that anything you can ‘google’ on your laptop.
Full disclosure: I’m one of the dumb ones with over 25 years in software development, working with computers and networks for over 30 years.
just my $0.02.