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To be fair, as a user... I absolutely love AMP. (That being said, I dislike it as a content provider and as someone worried Google has too much power)

dingo_bat 10y ago
That's your experience. In my experience, AMP pages are horrible and I avoid clicking on those.
- marmshallow 10y ago
  Why don't you like them as a user? They load extremely quickly and you can scroll through the different AMP pages by simply swiping left or right.
  - cauterized 10y ago
    For me, at least, it's being unable to load it in a background tab or copy the actual URL from the URL bar. It breaks the web. Plus who needs to lose even more screen space to that stupid bar at the top plus the fact that the browser chrome doesn't hide itself when you scroll like it does on a normal page?
  - dingo_bat 10y ago
    The scrolling is messed up and I cannot share the original link easily. And non amp pages load just as fast if I just disable js.
blowski 10y ago
Yep, in the short-term it's a good thing for users because it means they can access the content they are looking for more quickly in a consistent format. In the long run, it might be bad for users, as it could result in media producing less valuable content, and one big company having more control over distribution.
- rch 10y ago
  But content isn't really valuable anyway. If there's less of it, then I'll make breakfast a few minutes earlier - that's all.
  - blowski 10y ago
    Since I've searched for the content, these are not ads but real content that match my search query which site owners have asked Google to render. If, despite matching my search query, the content is not what I'm looking for, then it helps me as a user to know that sooner rather than later.
    - rch 10y ago
      What are these searches? I mostly see AMP on sites found through Google News (or other aggregators like HN).
brodie 10y ago
I haven't had a super awesome experience so far with it on my iPhone. I've seen a lot of results where I click on them and they spin forever, never loading. But if I long press and open the result in a new tab, it loads instantly and works fine.

dingo_bat 10y ago

That's your experience. In my experience, AMP pages are horrible and I avoid clicking on those.

marmshallow 10y ago
Why don't you like them as a user? They load extremely quickly and you can scroll through the different AMP pages by simply swiping left or right.
- cauterized 10y ago
  For me, at least, it's being unable to load it in a background tab or copy the actual URL from the URL bar. It breaks the web. Plus who needs to lose even more screen space to that stupid bar at the top plus the fact that the browser chrome doesn't hide itself when you scroll like it does on a normal page?
- dingo_bat 10y ago
  The scrolling is messed up and I cannot share the original link easily. And non amp pages load just as fast if I just disable js.

blowski 10y ago

Yep, in the short-term it's a good thing for users because it means they can access the content they are looking for more quickly in a consistent format. In the long run, it might be bad for users, as it could result in media producing less valuable content, and one big company having more control over distribution.

rch 10y ago
But content isn't really valuable anyway. If there's less of it, then I'll make breakfast a few minutes earlier - that's all.
- blowski 10y ago
  Since I've searched for the content, these are not ads but real content that match my search query which site owners have asked Google to render. If, despite matching my search query, the content is not what I'm looking for, then it helps me as a user to know that sooner rather than later.
  - rch 10y ago
    What are these searches? I mostly see AMP on sites found through Google News (or other aggregators like HN).

brodie 10y ago

I haven't had a super awesome experience so far with it on my iPhone. I've seen a lot of results where I click on them and they spin forever, never loading. But if I long press and open the result in a new tab, it loads instantly and works fine.