Efforts by U.S. antitrust regulators to break up Alphabet by forcing a sale of its Google Chrome browser and other proposals to limit its search dominance are likely to run into legal challenges on grounds the remedies are extreme.

Forcing Google to sell Chrome could weaken its monopoly. Consumers could have more control over their data if Chrome is sold. While you might be familiar with Microsoft's Bing search engine, or you remember the days of Ask Jeeves fondly,