The sychophant will be back because they accidentally stumbled upon an engagement manager's dream machine.
As more people adopted Google, it became more popularity oriented.
Personally I pay more not to be bs-d, but I know many people who prefer to be lied to, and I expect this part of the personalization in the future.
Throwing out strawman hypotheticals is just going to confuse the public debate over what protections need to be prioritized.
Seems like asserting hypothetical "significant protections to address exactly this class of issue" does the same thing though?