I like the customized search results. They're more often than not helpful to me.

If I want the weather in a city I'm visiting, why wouldn't I want it on the google page, instead of another click away?

The rest of the Internet has no natural right to views and clicks sent their way from google. If google gives users the best search results (among the more than half-dozen credible search engines), users will use them. Do enough hostile things to users and users will go elsewhere. If their competition improves while they stay stagnant, they will also start to lose market share.

Google is improving Google's offering. That's laudable, because it helps Google's users and Google's financials.