[migueldemoura]

That User-Agent won't trigger the block page you were experiencing.

No clue about the issues with Google, perhaps some feature detection going on?

[The-Compiler]

Nope, it's Google trying to ban "embedded browser frameworks" - see https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/5182 for details.

[GoblinSlayer]

I used straight firefox and was still banned just fine. It didn't start in 2019 either. Chrome is their cash cow, if you don't use it, you're a liability.