Comment by bellerocky

I was the person that initiated using the closure library for a team back in 2010. It took ages to release products using it, someone called it the "write more, do less" library and I have regretted the decision ever since, especially when Google came out with Angular which felt like a total slap in the face. Closure Library had half hearted support, and even teams inside Google hated it, which is why Angular probably came about. It felt like a slap because people that bet on Google supporting Closure couldn't just stop using it and start using Angular.