There's no such thing as a free anything and Google is no exception. Clicking on a few bad links doesn't cost you a whole lot in the scheme of things, so long as you're careful when you actually go to make the transaction. What do you think of the Google ecosystem? Is that trade-off acceptable to you? Do you even consider it a trade-off?
It used to feel like magic. Now it can feel like a set of cheap tricks. Is the problem with Google — or with us?