If that's the case, then the app i'm developing will be shut for sure, because it extends the Google Contacts platform, making use of the API Google provides. Makes no sense, right?
2010/12/19 Philip <[email protected]> > There is no way that the app was disabled because Google fears > competition. I'm currently developing a google news like service on > app engine and I got access to the matcher api and prediction api > without any problems even though I have told explicitly that I am > doing this. I also got always help from Googlers like Ikai in the IRC > channel. > > Besides, I'm pretty sure that it would be *highly* risky for Google to > disable apps that are competing with their own services. They would > abuse their online monopoly and this could result in astronomically > huge judicial punishment. > > On Dec 18, 8:56 am, Nickolas Daskalou <[email protected]> wrote: > > It may have been disabled because it competes with Google's URL > > shortening offering (http://goo.gl/). > > > > Nick > > > > On 18/12/2010, at 1:21 PM, vrypan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi. I've been running my URL shortener, urlborg.com, on appengine > > > since 2008. Suddenly, yesterday, the app was marked as DISABLED by > > > google, and no one can access it. How do I get in contact with > > > someone that can explain what's going on? I feel really bad for the > > > users that relied on my service. > > > > > I really, really like AppEngine, I mean, if you are offering a > > > hosting environment, and people are paying for it, you can't just > > > switch off an account, without a warning, or a notice or something... > > > > > Panayotis > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Google App Engine" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to google- > > > [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en > > > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
