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@westonruter westonruter commented Jun 1, 2025

Changes proposed in this Pull Request:

This removes support for Google Web Light which was introduced in #26858 and 9f61045. The Google Web Light service was shut down in 2022 per Wikipedia:

On December 19, 2022, Google announced that it discontinued the Web Light service by removing the documentation and retiring the Web Light user agent. Increased affordability of more powerful smartphones was cited as the reason for this decision.[5]

See also the update from Google Search Central:

December 19: Removed the Web Light documentation and retired the Web Light user agent. We introduced Web Light to enable us to serve faster, lighter pages to people searching on entry-level devices. While this feature has worked as intended and enabled broader access to the richness of the web, increased affordability of more powerful smartphones has diminished the need for such functionality. We remain committed to evolving and refining the Search experience to meet the changing needs of our users.

So this is removing technical debt.

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jorgeatorres commented Jan 16, 2026

Closing as this was already merged as part of #58445.

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