Let’s just admit Google’s Project Ara was a terrible idea and move on

Google is killing Project Ara, it’s modular smartphone concept that aimed to let you ‘upgrade’ your phone piece by piece. In theory, it sounds pretty amazing. In practice, it would have been terrible. Google was trying to gamify upgrades As-is, the smartphone upgrade process typically involves buying an entirely new phone every year or two, which has a slew of new components both inside and out. That means that every so often, we’re out $500-800. It’s a big spend, and the idea of dropping $100 for a new camera module seemed so right by comparison. But it isn’t, because it’s…

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