On the contrary, with an open system I can block reporting, I can change things up, I can use different browsers. On a closed system, I can’t.
Both want to collect information on you; only one gives you the freedom to avoid that collection.
Let's look at the easily discovered facts, instead of your erroneous claims.
On the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, the iOS4 "closed system" that you imply does not allow a user to "change things up" and use a different browser, how come there are 30 browser apps from third parties available in the app store either for free or for a nominal cost including Opera, Mercury browser, Atomic Browser, several "privacy" browsers promising anonymity, a double page browser, a browser that shares a page with a notepad, Quick browser, and Anonymous Browser? Apparently you CAN "change things up" and run other browsers than Apple's default Safari on the iPhones and it's kin.
Can LEOS obtain information from Cell Phones independent of Carriers?
If they can , so can Google.
Given current pending issues with Google, I don’t trust anything google offers in products or software.