I started using a self-hosted searx[1] instance recently, and I highly recommend it if you'd prefer to not have to care about this nonsense.
It's the first time I've found an alternative to google.com that is actually usable (i.e. I find what I'm looking for near the top of the first results page every time I make a search).
You can use Google as one of the results providers, but you won't see any AMP results, and since searx can mix in results from Stack Overflow etc, you might find that a different search engine than Google still gets you good results.
I think Google would pull fewer of these monopolistic tricks if people would realise they have genuine alternatives.
It's the first time I've found an alternative to google.com that is actually usable (i.e. I find what I'm looking for near the top of the first results page every time I make a search).
You can use Google as one of the results providers, but you won't see any AMP results, and since searx can mix in results from Stack Overflow etc, you might find that a different search engine than Google still gets you good results.
I think Google would pull fewer of these monopolistic tricks if people would realise they have genuine alternatives.
[1] https://github.com/asciimoo/searx