It’s not just ads - there’s a general feeling with a lot of their products and services priorities have shifted away from protecting the user.

You could find a bone to pick with any big company. It’s just clear priorities at the company have shifted from their fun growth days of just doing what’s best/right for users to optimizing for money and other KPIs - search, ads, you name it.

It’s definitely noticeable and their size/monopoly definitely has influence on society.