As a private sector company their job is maximizing revenue forever.
There old slogan was "don't be evil"
they have a new slogan, which is "vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see those dear to them bathed in tears"
Use the internet for a week without any search engine.
Google is not, in fact, the only search engine.
For most users the internet has 5, maybe 10 web sites. I can use Wikipedia search or LLMs when I have questions.
I see your point with Wikipedia, but the writing is on the wall for LLMs: since they are replacing search engines for some users, it's only a matter of time before that experience gets polluted with "data-driven" ad clutter too.
Every search engine and also LLMs engage in the same problematic behavior.
Maybe just use Wikipedia search only then!
Compared to the experience of using google without ad Block?
Well, you can put it like that, or you can answer in good faith.