No company lasts forever, and while Google seems invinceable for now, its day will come- it might be 20, 30, or even 50 years from now, but it will happen as it will with Wal-Mart someday too. Become too dominant for too long and companies get arrogant and complacent and before they know it they are the next K-Mart, Sears, or Montgomery Ward- passed by.
At some point I think there is a decent chance Google will get forcibly broken up due to anti-trust pressure from the government or courts. Maybe not in the near term, but I could easily see that as a future possibility.
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