The obvious truth (axiom in mathematics) in the article is Google search is hiding the applications by showing only the search box and not showing lot of icons like windows desktop or smartphone. I argue it is not true, I assume the following is obvious

1. Windows desktop or smartphone usually show 50-100 application 2. Google search has to show billions of web pages

therefore I argue that it is simple impossible for Google to show billion of pages like Windows desktop and smartphone. Hence Google show the search box instead of icons.