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Area 120 is not "real" google. It's Google's startup incubator, kind of like an internal YCombinator. Most Area 120 projects get killed by design if they don't
by ZainRiz 6y ago
Area 120 is not "real" google. It's Google's startup incubator, kind of like an internal YCombinator.
Most Area 120 projects get killed by design if they don't show enough success early on.
Using an Area 120 product is like using a new Product Hunt product:
You have to realize the Lindy Effect applies
- capableweb 6y agoThat's probably the idea, but if you have any sense (and experience of using Google for 10+ years) left, you treat anything Google like using a new Product Hunt product. If you're expecting anything long-term from them at all, you're soon in for a surprise.
- bobthepanda 6y agoI‘m sure the children using this app know all about Google‘s internal divisions.
- brian_herman 6y agonow they will remember that google kills products.. unfortunately it's happening to an educational product that many of them love and use to learn
- ashtonkem 6y agoDon’t care. It’s got the Google name attached to it, the negative association accumulates to google itself. “But it’s an internal incubator” is meaningless to both me, and end consumers.