Might want to give the Orion browser a whirl. It has some support for extensions to make the web less enshittified. I just came across it a week ago and I’ve been quite impressed.
I don’t believe the news was always for-profit. Early television news actually cost the station money and was provided as a service for the public good.
Things took a turn for the worse sometime in the sixties, accelerating through the eighties and devolving into the shitshow we have today.
Thanks, my near 60yo brain was having a moment till your comment came along