[itake]

1. I don't see why this is a problem. I don't need to know how my car works. I don't need to know how Google works. I just need it to work. Lets assume they do all of bad things you mentioned. I still don't care as long as Google returns the search results that answer my question and isn't filled with spam that games the transparency.

2. Your statements are conflicting. Currently, {social media / search} gives user the content they are most interested in quickly and as much of it as they want. The alternative is what? Showing them less of the content they want? Showing them content they don't want (so they leave)?

In the ideal world, {social media}'s algorithm perfectly aligns with human interests, delivering exactly the content the human wants and as much of this content as the human wants.