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Google acquires AppSheet

pg_is_a_butt 7y ago
#nocodelol
petagonoral 7y ago
Those Oath sites really do love tracking before you even hit the article. For anyone else with uMatrix blocking the 307 to https://guce.advertising.com https://guce.advertising.com, here is a cache https://archive.is/nJ0xw https://archive.is/nJ0xw Here is a better source with more info on AppSheet included: https://venturebeat.com/2020/01/14/google-acquires-no-code-app-development-platform-appsheet/ https://venturebeat.com/2020/01/14/google-acquires-no-code-a...
- notyourwork 7y ago
  uMatrix doesn't even load the site for me, it displays message that it prevented loading the page entirely.
zubairq 7y ago
Personally I think that this is a great buy for google as they needed more than app maker and google sheets
obahareth 7y ago
Very interesting, this seems very related to them force-migrating everyone to the new Sheets API that has a number of missing features. https://www.gmass.co/blog/google-sheets-api-v4-bullshit/ https://www.gmass.co/blog/google-sheets-api-v4-bullshit/
julienfr112 7y ago
With the share of the online spreadsheet market google has, I think they should not be allowed to buy any startup in this market.
- wayneftw 7y ago
  It’s not a spreadsheet, it’s a mobile app builder that can use a spreadsheet to access data.
xnyan 7y ago
I’m really excited about the idea of the building applications being available to more people and I think that in theory there’s definitely a class of application that should not require extensive or even very much programming knowledge at all. That said, I have not personally found many examples of “paint by numbers” built apps that look and feel great. I’d love to see some examples of anybody knows of a good applications that were made WYSIWYG style.
- tracker1 7y ago
  Something like a distributed version of Access could work pretty well for a lot of use cases.
  - deleted 7y ago
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Scarbutt 7y ago
Watching appsheet's video demo, really impressive.
vira28 7y ago
Good competition for webflow?
dgudkov 7y ago
My hypothesis: this acquisition is a response to Microsoft's Power Apps. If the hypothesis is true, then Google should soon acquire either IFTTT or Zapier to match Microsoft's Power Automate (previously know as MS Flow).

#nocodelol

Those Oath sites really do love tracking before you even hit the article. For anyone else with uMatrix blocking the 307 to https://guce.advertising.com https://guce.advertising.com, here is a cache https://archive.is/nJ0xw https://archive.is/nJ0xw Here is a better source with more info on AppSheet included: https://venturebeat.com/2020/01/14/google-acquires-no-code-app-development-platform-appsheet/ https://venturebeat.com/2020/01/14/google-acquires-no-code-a...

notyourwork 7y ago
uMatrix doesn't even load the site for me, it displays message that it prevented loading the page entirely.

zubairq 7y ago

Personally I think that this is a great buy for google as they needed more than app maker and google sheets

obahareth 7y ago

Very interesting, this seems very related to them force-migrating everyone to the new Sheets API that has a number of missing features. https://www.gmass.co/blog/google-sheets-api-v4-bullshit/ https://www.gmass.co/blog/google-sheets-api-v4-bullshit/

julienfr112 7y ago

With the share of the online spreadsheet market google has, I think they should not be allowed to buy any startup in this market.

wayneftw 7y ago
It’s not a spreadsheet, it’s a mobile app builder that can use a spreadsheet to access data.

xnyan 7y ago

I’m really excited about the idea of the building applications being available to more people and I think that in theory there’s definitely a class of application that should not require extensive or even very much programming knowledge at all. That said, I have not personally found many examples of “paint by numbers” built apps that look and feel great. I’d love to see some examples of anybody knows of a good applications that were made WYSIWYG style.

tracker1 7y ago
Something like a distributed version of Access could work pretty well for a lot of use cases.
- deleted 7y ago
  [deleted]

Scarbutt 7y ago

Watching appsheet's video demo, really impressive.

vira28 7y ago

Good competition for webflow?

dgudkov 7y ago

My hypothesis: this acquisition is a response to Microsoft's Power Apps. If the hypothesis is true, then Google should soon acquire either IFTTT or Zapier to match Microsoft's Power Automate (previously know as MS Flow).