>>I'm honestly not sure where we went so wrong as a society so as to reach this point.
As with all things, Education is where we went wrong as a society.
in this case failing to teach people fully that there is no Free Lunch, and if you are getting something no cost to you, then you are no longer the customer, who ever is paying for the good or service is the customer (people should also pay attention to this truism in other area's of life)
In the case of google, you are the product, you are being sold to advertisers, google gives you a very very very small piece of that revenue in the form of a "free service"
As with all things, Education is where we went wrong as a society.
in this case failing to teach people fully that there is no Free Lunch, and if you are getting something no cost to you, then you are no longer the customer, who ever is paying for the good or service is the customer (people should also pay attention to this truism in other area's of life)
In the case of google, you are the product, you are being sold to advertisers, google gives you a very very very small piece of that revenue in the form of a "free service"