There is no alternative URL to click on because a competitive global search engine would cost billions of dollars to build, the space is deeply encumbered by Google's giant patent portfolio, and the information used to build the index is to a great extent no longer available on the web.
That's why Bing is a distant second and there are no other players.
Given that Apple are nowhere near
doing that and don't seem to be even going for that, why is that even a concern?
We have far more of a problem with Google in that regard, who do absolutely dominate search, and have clearly stated their wish to unseat Apple in order to have total dominance of mobile too.
Most people don't willingly give the information to Google or Facebook. They give it unwittingly.
Also, by your logic, it's not your information anymore - you have given it to Google and Facebook, which makes it their information to give to the government.
That is true. And is clearly true in the tablet space too (as well as PCs). It's just a lot more nuanced in both directions.
Android can have higher unit share and 'inferior' products while Apple can have higher profit share and the 'best' (single inflexible) product, almost indefinitely because they are satisfying different needs.
Which raises the question: where is there actual competition?
Clearly Samsung and Apple are competing for some of the same customers, but the overlap is small compared to the overall market.
There is no such thing as an 'ARMv8' processor that can even be a 'power pig'. And you haven't given any reason why 1GB is not enough. You are just making this stuff up.