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Given Google's history I couldn't think of a worse platform on which to build a business that is responsible for putting food on your table. When they start ra
by cube00 5y ago
Given Google's history I couldn't think of a worse platform on which to build a business that is responsible for putting food on your table.
When they start rate limiting and banning your users they'll be the ones demanding refunds from you.
On top of that users would need to commit their data to Google's ownership and if they're using the free versions of Sheets good luck if their account gets locked because the algorithm demands it to be so.
- cosbgn 5y agosource?
- cube00 5y agoRate limits: https://superuser.com/questions/1453258/what-could-cause-429-errors-in-google-sheets https://superuser.com/questions/1453258/what-could-cause-429... Take your pick of lockout horror stories: https://twitter.com/Demilogic/status/1358661842147692549 https://twitter.com/Demilogic/status/1358661842147692549 https://twitter.com/raveofravendale/status/1389507928269393921 https://twitter.com/raveofravendale/status/13895079282693939... Edit: Also don't forget their Maps API change that sent many developers to the wall https://imgur.com/gallery/ZuWMooq https://imgur.com/gallery/ZuWMooq
- cosbgn 5y agoI think the rate limit user was simply not sending the API key correctly or having some very poor code, you get 100 request for 100 seconds for each user, you just need to use the token of the user not yours. As for the horror stories that's with everything you could argue that Stripe is a horrible idea because Visa could block them, but I do see your idea here, I'm planning to add some "spreadsheet features" directly in the app to avoid being completely dependent on them