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In the past years Google has deprecated more than 100 services, so I will never trust them to build any software using their proprietary stack.

shawn 8y ago
Does it matter that App Maker is only available with a G Suite business subscription? I'm skeptical too, but at least this is (indirectly) a paid product.
- blisterpeanuts 8y ago
  That's the key point. It's going to be a revenue producer from Day One. The question is, how long will G Suite itself last (as a paid service)? If AMZN or MSFT come out with equivalent services for free or very cheap, GOOG may reciprocate, and bang, no more revenue.
bigato 8y ago
I agree from the standpoint of a user of a service, but that's just how it is nowadays because they work like a giant startup incubator. Several ideas are tried, as many as possible, as fast as possible, and some are worth for them to keep. Most are not. At least if it is opensource, if Google abandons it but it still is useful for a reasonable number of people, one can hope that a community will form and take over development.
deklerk 8y ago
[citation needed]
- zenovision 8y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products#Discontinued_products_and_services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products#Discon...
- zenovision 8y ago
  24 deprecated services in 2018 alone (in just 6 months...)
  - bitmapbrother 8y ago
    I'm not seeing 24 products in 2018, but just 1 - Encrypted Search. I just realized you're counting the Others section and incorrectly lumping them into 2018. It would seem you also neglected to read Wikipedia's banner above the Other section that stated: This section is missing information about the discontinuation date of each product in this section. Please expand the section to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page. (October 2013)
    - zenovision 8y ago
      but still more than 100 discontinued services...
      - bitmapbrother 8y ago
        What does that have anything to do with your original comment? You incorrectly stated there were 24 in 2018 when in actuality there was only 1.
bitmapbrother 8y ago
>In the past years Google has deprecated more than 100 services, so I will never trust them to build any software using their proprietary stack. And Microsoft has abandoned over 220+ products and services. https://pastebin.com/UJh2XNFE https://pastebin.com/UJh2XNFE

shawn 8y ago

Does it matter that App Maker is only available with a G Suite business subscription? I'm skeptical too, but at least this is (indirectly) a paid product.

blisterpeanuts 8y ago
That's the key point. It's going to be a revenue producer from Day One. The question is, how long will G Suite itself last (as a paid service)? If AMZN or MSFT come out with equivalent services for free or very cheap, GOOG may reciprocate, and bang, no more revenue.

bigato 8y ago

I agree from the standpoint of a user of a service, but that's just how it is nowadays because they work like a giant startup incubator. Several ideas are tried, as many as possible, as fast as possible, and some are worth for them to keep. Most are not. At least if it is opensource, if Google abandons it but it still is useful for a reasonable number of people, one can hope that a community will form and take over development.

deklerk 8y ago

[citation needed]

zenovision 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products#Discontinued_products_and_services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products#Discon...
zenovision 8y ago
24 deprecated services in 2018 alone (in just 6 months...)
- bitmapbrother 8y ago
  I'm not seeing 24 products in 2018, but just 1 - Encrypted Search. I just realized you're counting the Others section and incorrectly lumping them into 2018. It would seem you also neglected to read Wikipedia's banner above the Other section that stated: This section is missing information about the discontinuation date of each product in this section. Please expand the section to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page. (October 2013)
  - zenovision 8y ago
    but still more than 100 discontinued services...
    - bitmapbrother 8y ago
      What does that have anything to do with your original comment? You incorrectly stated there were 24 in 2018 when in actuality there was only 1.

bitmapbrother 8y ago

>In the past years Google has deprecated more than 100 services, so I will never trust them to build any software using their proprietary stack. And Microsoft has abandoned over 220+ products and services. https://pastebin.com/UJh2XNFE https://pastebin.com/UJh2XNFE