Also, it has gotten very hard to rank in google for new sites. SEO blackhat tactics rule, and even local businesses use them. Google went from win win to win-get lost.
Sadly, now that webmasters need it the most, investments in alternatives to search and advertising have dried up. There is almost nothing except G.
Today, I struggle to get sites I make to show up on Google at all. For my most recent website, even searching for phrases that are unique to my website doesn't cause it to rank. This is more frustrating to me, because I have a Google ad for my website, which drives all of my traffic - so I know Google knows about my website and what keywords are relevant to it.
Regularly cannot turn up results that I know exist - a modest change that has no relation to the query meaning and the results often turn up.
This is not the Google Search Engine I remember.
https://www.internetlivestats.com/total-number-of-websites/ indicates the number of web sites is still growing at breakneck speed.
Somewhat dated but still relevant:
https://searchengineland.com/googles-search-indexes-hits-130...
says the growth rate for the number of pages to be still substantial.