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What is the negative main stream press saying about Color [0]? The post gives an impression that Color faced an AirBnB situation?

[0] I couldn't look up 'color problems' for obvious reasons.



In my view there are multiple things at play.

1. They raised exorbitant amount of money which set quite high expectations from them.

2. The app didn't take off as expected (at least the vocal early adopters hate it).

3. Peter Pham (the designer co-founder) and chief scientist, DJ Patil quit or got fired, which raised eyebrows.




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