I assume Google ads that are served through AMP will still count. In that case, you can think of AMP as a high-speed static host where you still get paid even

I assume Google ads that are served through AMP will still count. In that case, you can think of AMP as a high-speed static host where you still get paid even though you didn't pay for hosting. But I agree it's very surprising behavior to the actual owner of the website. The usability downside of providing a link to the actual webpage should be obvious - Google is trying to pretend this is the actual webpage. Why would they want a redundant link just to confuse the users? That said, ever since Android separated google results view from chrome and added that strange "x->back" button thing I keep getting tripped up from a usability perspective. That's more the Android team being silly again, not just AMP, I think.