US Justice Department files landmark case against Google, but why it may not hurt the company

The U.S. Department of Justice and 11 states filed their long-awaited competition lawsuit against Google – the most momentous antitrust showdown since Washington took on Microsoft Corp more than two decades ago – but experts warn that anyone expecting a major shake-up of the tech industry is likely to be disappointed.
Antitrust specialists see the upcoming action as more of a tremor than an earthquake. Even if the Justice Department takes the case to trial and wins, which is not guaranteed, any changes to the role played by Alphabet Inc’s Google in people’s lives are likely to be incremental – and years away.
“They shouldn’t see this as ‘the beginning of the end,'” said Eleanor Fox, a professor of trade regulation at the University of New York’s law school. “It certainly wouldn’t go to the guts of what some people think is wrong with Google.”
Critics have argued for years that Google and other Big Tech companies such as Amazon.com Inc and Facebook Inc have too much power and routinely abuse their dominant market positions.