$ pip3 search something
...
RuntimeError: PyPI no longer supports 'pip search' [...]. Please use https://pypi.org/search (via a browser) instead. [...]

Sure, no problem. Let's see …

»JavaScript is disabled in your browser. Please enable JavaScript to proceed.«

Urgh, but okay, #pip is a #Python package manager, they're good guys. Let me just open #NoScript and temporarily allow pypi.org ... oh no, it wants to run #JavaScript from …

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That's what you get after 30 years of using the term #OpenSource instead of #FreeSoftware.

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@zeitgenosse Huh, disabling JS in uBO just shows a "some functions won't work" warning, but I can still search.
@csepp
I guess there's some sort of DDOS “protection” in place. They probably cache “good” IP addresses and let them use the site w/o Javascript, and block everyone else.