Google's new reCAPTCHA requires Play Services running on your Android phone to prove you're human. If you're on s de-Googled setup, you may automatically fail. They built this dependency quietly for at least seven months. iPhones pass the same check without installing a thing.
Google is punishing people who opted out of its surveillance.
https://reclaimthenet.org/google-broke-recaptcha-for-de-googled-android-users
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