"Of everyone, Google should know how hard it is to maintain large web apps"
They do.
Google doesn't use Angular for Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Calendar, Maps, or Google+. They use Closure Tools (https://developers.google.com/closure/), which has a much longer history, and is geared towards truly large web apps.
They do.
Google doesn't use Angular for Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Calendar, Maps, or Google+. They use Closure Tools (https://developers.google.com/closure/), which has a much longer history, and is geared towards truly large web apps.
As far as I know, only DoubleClick uses Angular.