Google is shutting down a tool for non-programmers to make apps, in a move that shows it's getting more strategic in the cloud wars with Amazon and Microsoft

Google is shutting down App Maker - a tool to make it easy for non-programmers to make simple apps - a week after it acquired Seattle-based startup AppSheet. AppSheet and App Maker have some overlap in functionality, and Google is encouraging users to make the switch after App Maker fully shuts down in 2021. Some users aren't happy about that.However, by shutting down App Maker, Google can put more resources into building out AppSheet and double down on its larger ambitions in the market for so-called no-code and low-code tools, experts say.Google trails Microsoft in the low-code/no-code space, and is hoping to use the AppSheet acquisition to become a stronger player and get more strategic.These kinds of tools are seen as highly strategic in the cloud wars: The world's demand for software

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