You, I, and most people posting here probably already know how to phrase searches with exactly the terms that are relevant. Most people in the world probably don't. I too dislike how Google performs worse for my queries now than it used to.

But I look at my non-technical relatives using Google and it's now magical how relevant the results are for vague queries regarding common information. Making precise queries for technical information work worse while vague queries for commonly referenced information work better is probably the right trade-off for a business that wants to make money. As much as I loath it for my own use cases.