I don't hate Google at all, in fact I like it... I've used Yahoo as my first SE... but when I found out how simple to use Google I began too like it... its simple and yet so reliable...
I prefer Google over all others. I just find it easier to use and very reliable and trustworthy as it always seems to bring pretty great results for me.
Google is the biggest search engine today, and many people count on them to find any information in the internet. You may hate them, but you can't live without them