[daltonlp]

> When I click on the embedded map, it expands. But there is no link on the lower left allowing me to open that view in Google Maps.

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> And the button bar below the search box, which contains items like Images, News, Videos, Websites does no longer contain the Maps entry, which would take me to Google Maps.

Both these statements appear to be false.

https://imgur.com/a/b4i4LwC

[qwertox]

When I use a VPN with an US IP-address, then it's like yours. That's why I know that it's expected to be found at the lower left corner.

It's broken in Germany, France, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Poland, apparently the entire EU.

https://imgur.com/a/Br1IYhi

When I change my "Results region" in the settings from "Germany" to "United States", "Switzerland" or any non-EU country, then the issue is fixed.

[eszed]

Does having an "open in maps" link somehow violate GDPR? No idea, but that's a plausible extrapolation from that (very irritating!) pattern.