I'm interested in a working search engine which is not Google (in the EU) . I don't believe it currently exists, based on my testing (and no, bing doesn't work), so Google still brings a lot of value to me, and to most people I know.

The android crowd is not cornered in any way - iPhones are just so expensive most people can't afford them, so android is actually a rather sensible option, and unless Apple radically alters its pricing policy, this is unlikely to change.

Whether Google has brought something new and useful to the table in the past few years is another question, but it does not diminish the current value I derive from Google, since they have no competitors.