Are people really interested in seeing how the sausage is made or just politicians? Sure, the average slightly-more-technical-than-thou person gripes about Goo

Are people really interested in seeing how the sausage is made or just politicians? Sure, the average slightly-more-technical-than-thou person gripes about Google and Facebook being biased, and in some cases they're right, but ... would they actually be capable of discerning the truth correctly? Or would they just be more overloaded with more information?