Ultimately I agree with you, I don't think this is a good thing. But I just don't see a way that we as a society can realistically address the problem of a few

Ultimately I agree with you, I don't think this is a good thing. But I just don't see a way that we as a society can realistically address the problem of a few powerful entities having a disproportionate influence on mass culture, because that has already been happening long before google was around. You're basically wanting to eliminate large-scale propaganda, social engineering, and eliminate the culture industry. That's not going to happen.