[Razengan]

So when are they going to get hit by lawsuits like the ones Microsoft got in the '90s?

[kenshaw]

They've already been hit with that in the EU. And, I imagine the first thing after this current election cycle in the US ends will be newly minted (or newly defrocked, as the case may be) politicians attempting to take a cheap shot at Google -- especially since Popular Luddism is circling the political backwaters these days.

[hobs]

As already stated, they were already happening, and Alphabet is in large part an initiative to head that off.