We strive to earn our users trust every day. We read every piece of feedback that comes in and try to make the product better. At the end of the day, we only make money if our users use our product and opt to pay for it, so our incentives are as aligned with our users as they can be.
Google and Youtube are advertisers who monetized search queries and content consumption of their users as the end result of their product.
You've not addressed the core of the argument whereby you admit and extol your previous experience, but neglect to decry the actions the company took while you were there.
You want to have control of the flow of information, but you are not a charity and not opposed to reimagining a product to better monetize it.
FWIW, I do think the idea of a paid search utility is a good one, especially if I found it somehow better than Google, but I'd love to hear the reasoning behind the decision to include those services as part of the offering.