Google removed the image viewing feature

[Aoi Magi]

oh stop being so overdramatic Atlas, google isn't stopping you from viewing images. It is a search engine, and you are meant to use it to discover images, which you still can, but if you want to grab that image then you just have to go through the proper channels.

But where are the "proper channels"?
Programming wise; the image is taken from "a source". What displays after clicking "view image"; is what the owner of the site uploaded and put by their own free will on the website. If like Min said; no license was provided -and let's be honest:millions of these images don't", then ?

1.8 Billion images uploaded on average, searching that sea is not just a needle in a pile of grass: it's a needle in a galaxy.

The "proper channel" is you visiting the site where the image originates from, and then depending on licensing, obtain it with a fee or download it.

Yes there are loads of images and yes you need to search through them, and google IS letting you search through them and it is also helpfully linking to the site/page from where you are supposed to obtain it legally. So where is this censorship?