[Alupis]

> which tricks people into buying more expensive and/or lower quality products

> why else would the company need to pay to show up at the top of the search results?

I dare say you do not understand how search results have worked for the past two decades.

> then it follows that companies are trading information about me behind my back

That is not how it works.

[yjftsjthsd-h]

Enlighten me, then; "no you're wrong" isn't really useful unless you fill it out a little bit.