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Nobody is pointing the massive flaw in the headline ? This count does not consider products that have not been killed (e.g. Gmail) It's only the average lifes

by steren 7y ago

Nobody is pointing the massive flaw in the headline ? This count does not consider products that have not been killed (e.g. Gmail) It's only the average lifespan of killed products.

gwern 7y ago
If you'd like a formal survival analysis which takes into account that right-censoring, I did one a while ago at https://www.gwern.net/Google-shutdowns https://www.gwern.net/Google-shutdowns