This may feel correct, but it's easy to prove that this is not the primary reason search sucks because searching the commercial internet also sucks. By your logic, finding tech companies relevant to your search should be easy since they by and large still put their general info websites on their own domain. Nope. You still get mostly SEO junk.
If you're still not convinced just look at Youtube search. There's no excuse for that to be terrible, yet it is.
If you're still not convinced just look at Youtube search. There's no excuse for that to be terrible, yet it is.