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0 pointsSquareWheel6y ago0 comments

superkuh said:

>Starting with google: AMP does not actually make loading any faster. Google just uses it's search monopoly to make it seem so.

This is a complete misunderstanding of how AMP works. Google isn't abusing a monopoly to make AMP-pages appear artificially faster; they actually are faster. That's because they're safe to preload by design, as lern_too_spel explained already.

The monopoly comment makes even less sense when you consider that other search engines do the same, and even host their own AMP caches.

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andy_ppp6y ago

Most people here disagree with you, hence why you’ll be down voted. Would AMP be used if it wasn’t for the news carousel - nope - so Google is definitely using their position to embrace and extend open standards.

SquareWheelOP6y ago

>Most people here disagree with you, hence why you’ll be down voted.

No doubt. And it's really unfortunate that bias is trumping facts in this case.

>Google is definitely using their position to embrace and extend open standards.

There's nothing wrong with embracing or extending technologies. WebComponents, in this case. But if you're hinting at a third step then I'm sorry but open-source by definition cannot be extinguished.

mulmen6y ago

I believe this is a reference to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extingu.... Open source does absolutely nothing to resist this approach.

BoorishBears6y ago

Do you know the definition of the term “contextomy”?

You’re fixating a point that is not the crux of the argument.

Not to mention, it’s hard to imagine AMP existing if it wasn’t for Google's search monopoly.

It wasn’t until late last year that AMP was really governed by true committee, well after it had been established in Googles image.

But that’s also all tangential to the original comment.

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