https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/03/larry-page-steps-down-as-ceo-of-alphabet.html
He doesn't want to be in charge when all the privacy do-do and monopoly suits hit the fan.
> hit the fan
Cynical bastard. I was thinking the same.
Yeah, Google's golden days are behind it. Larry might as well enjoy his billions and step away -- probably should have five years ago.
"Nothing in the Page/Brin announcement says anything about a divestiture or relinquishing of the voting control," tweeted Luther Lowe, the Yelp lobbyist and professional Alphabet antagonist. "The fact remains: Larry Page and Sergey Brin are the most powerful and least accountable humans on the planet."
Larry Page is the tech world's Dr. Manhattan
https://www.theverge.com/interface/2019/12/4/20993633/larry-page-sergey-brin-quit-google-dr-manhattan-watchmen-strained-metaphor