[october_sky]

> Due to the specific source code used for App Maker, you can’t directly migrate your apps to another platform. We recommend that you explore these options

I couldn't help but recall the song, "There she goes again" [1], when I saw this. Google propose partial alternatives, but I wonder how long until those are also shuttered. Is it even worth migrating to another Google product? if you have to do the work yourself, migrate to a different (or open source) vendor.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68MKLkNSMN4

[SQueeeeeL]

No, any reasonable user would start completely removing themselves from Google (really any corporate SaaS environment that they don't completely own the source code of). This seems like killing the goose that laid the golden egg, I'm sure on a balance sheet these products are loosing money, but that basically tells any client who wants to build a service that you aren't trustworthy in the long term.

[techntoke]

That's what is funny about all these cloud services, especially Amazon. You no longer get to think about the common sense way of doing things, but instead you have to use the AWS way. You're better off investing your time into building your own agnostic solution.

[Cpoll]

Why especially Amazon, I haven't seen them shutter any major service?

I've seen lots of companies throw away their V1 and start over (hopefully with the knowledge learned), so my opinion is that it's okay to vendor lock-in and leverage stuff like AWS Load Balancers, ECS, etc. You're going to end up having to rewrite it when you finally scope out your real challenges, so it doesn't matter if V1 was agnostic or vendor-based.

> You're better off investing your time into building your own agnostic solution.

This sounds suspiciously like 'not invented here.'

[jcadam]

I really hate the way AWS forces you to choose between portability and cost-efficiency.

[toomuchtodo]

But then it’s not really cost efficient, eh? Just a mirage until the pain comes. Until then, “let them consume highly abstracted services”.

There’s a reason some savvy firms continue to own their own infra. No one is forcing you to use AWS.

[tmpz22]

I'd love to see a service-guarantee of a core Google Product like Youtube, GMail, maybe even something further down the trough like Google music, buying into Cloud DataStore, Cloud Functions, etc. before I trust it fully.

As far as memes go I'm more reminded of the fade-to-black-wake-up-in-skyrim-for-a-200hr-session where instead of a 200 hour game session its a 200 hours of needless migration work.

[andybak]

The trouble with other vendors is the constant threat of the aquihire.

Really this is a problem with SaaS in general (although Google takes it to a pathological extreme)

You're one VC away from a pivot that is a closure under any other name.

[Doctor_Fegg]

The wonderful original of that song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZXLLMbJdZ4

[izacus]

Did you actually use this product? What are you migrating to?

[ronilan]

Fittingly by rock band “Sixpence None The Richer”.