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amolo
Google has come to eat Airtable's lunch.
jacquesc
Like a seagull at the picnic table, they'll get scraps and quickly fly away
geostyx
Agreed, this will go nowhere.
lern_too_spel
If this were a real product, it would have launched as part of Google Workplace (formerly GSuite, née Google Apps). Area 120 is a completely make-work division of Google that Pichai will shut down as soon as he remembers it still exists.
jasonvorhe
I don't understand who a company such as Google cannot manage to launch this internationally. I get you don't want to wake thousands of good for various translations, but region locking your new product just seems... shortsighted.
bprosnitz
It is likely due to regulations rather than translations
aeternum
It will take longer to translate than to deprecate.
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anaganisk
In 6 months,

Google Tables will be sunset in a week, currently we have no way for you to export your data. We're glad you trusted us once again, until another product launch, see ya.

- VP, Google Products.

_5659
This is my first time reading about Area 120.

Any have insightful observations on this change in marketing?