Used to love this app but it is now unusable – Google Review

I used to love and use this app more than any other on my iPhone. So much so that it has been a permanent fixture in my bottom dock since I switched to iPhone when the 6 plus came out almost a decade ago. Prior to that, it was my most used app on Android and Blackberry as well. Since the recent updates a couple weeks back, it now won’t load new searches in the address bar randomly after a search or two and a few minutes of using the app. It hangs indefinitely after hitting search or go, getting the blue status streak 95% across the screen only to hang permanently with a white blank space below. You have to force close and restart app from home page to get it working again. The new tab system? (not sure I would even call it a tab system) is also horrific. Second annoying bug which has been happening for months now is that when you try to search something new or put in another web address in the address bar from the page you’re currently on, it will sporadically undo what you’ve typed after several characters and go back to the current address in the middle of typing out your search or desired web address. It seems like a lot of the major issues/bugs involve the address bar and/or doing anything from the current page you’re on. The app is now only usable from Home Screen which takes out the benefit of a search app. I have tried uninstalling the app and reinstalling many times but it does nothing. In fact, it doesn’t even make me sign in again after reinstalling even though I set it to erase all settings and data as well. Somehow magically after reinstall, all my history, data and account is still there without having to sign back in….. I thought it was maybe my iCloud backup but I turned that off and it did the same thing like the app never left and I never deleted the app much less settings and data. This was the best app for quick searches and an amazing intelligent feed geared towards my interests. But now I’m finding myself using Safari more and more due to having to restart the app after every other search. I value my privacy tremendously but the feed suggestions and tailored experience was just sooooooo good that it was the one app where the trade-off was worth it for me. Now not so much.
Review by Mick Schneb on Google.