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You mean intrusive like the AMP header on every !@$! mobile page now that's not only annoying but breaks the standard UX?

by aresant 10y ago

runn1ng 10y ago
Seriously, f..k AMP. It is breaking the internet with the google lock-in URLs.
- patmcguire 10y ago
  I can't get the real URL from them on mobile at all.
  - Alupis 10y ago
    And worse, when you click the "Share" button to text the URL to a friend, it sends them the AMP URL (which isn't always easy to extract the real URL from).
  - runn1ng 10y ago
    It's in the actual URL, hidden after all the google crap
    - agumonkey 10y ago
      Google likes clean urls for everybody except themselves. The Google results tracked url are driving me mad.
ArlenBales 10y ago
On my iPhone 6s Safari AMP sites don't even work. I see the AMP header and everything below it is just blank. I always have to "Request Desktop Site" to even load the site.
- chrisper 10y ago
  Are you using an adblocker?
  - shostack 10y ago
    Do ad blockers break AMP pages? If so that is a pretty crafty way of killing them. "Would you like to search and browse the mobile web through Google? Only if you disable your ad blocker." I'd be shocked if they don't try to force AMP on the desktop as well next if this works out for them.
    - Klathmon 10y ago
      Well an "ad blocker" is almost always just a list that some guy or repo online decides to block. So if someone decides AMP pages should be blocked, your ad blocker will start blocking them. It's actually one of the reasons I stopped using them. The idea of some person somewhere deciding what I see and don't see didn't quite jive with me. And it was impacting me by blocking things like Google shopping which I was trying to use.
      - aninhumer 10y ago
        That's not a reason not to use an ad-blocker, it's a reason not to use a public blocklist. If you want more control, just make your own filter rules.
        Klathmon 10y ago
        It was one of the reasons. I also never really liked the idea of blocking ads, depriving content creators of money, and I don't want to always pay for everything with money. That, combined with the lack of easy control, opinionated ad blocking utilities (stop blocking webRTC dammit. I know you think it's a problem, I don't), general breakage across the web, performance issues with most blockers, and more made me stop using them.
    - chrisper 10y ago
dools 10y ago
The feature that finally drove me to DDG :)
kzrdude 10y ago
Where do yousee AMP? I use firefox on android, is that why I don't know about it?
- elsewhen 10y ago
  if you search for a topic in the news, you should see a news carousel at the top of mobile search results pages. these results have the word "AMP" alongside a lighting-icon.

You mean intrusive like the AMP header on every !@$! mobile page now that's not only annoying but breaks the standard UX?

by aresant 10y ago

You mean intrusive like the AMP header on every !@$! mobile page now that's not only annoying but breaks the standard UX?

runn1ng 10y ago

Seriously, f..k AMP. It is breaking the internet with the google lock-in URLs.

patmcguire 10y ago
I can't get the real URL from them on mobile at all.
- Alupis 10y ago
  And worse, when you click the "Share" button to text the URL to a friend, it sends them the AMP URL (which isn't always easy to extract the real URL from).
- runn1ng 10y ago
  It's in the actual URL, hidden after all the google crap
  - agumonkey 10y ago
    Google likes clean urls for everybody except themselves. The Google results tracked url are driving me mad.

ArlenBales 10y ago

On my iPhone 6s Safari AMP sites don't even work. I see the AMP header and everything below it is just blank. I always have to "Request Desktop Site" to even load the site.

chrisper 10y ago
Are you using an adblocker?
- shostack 10y ago
  Do ad blockers break AMP pages? If so that is a pretty crafty way of killing them. "Would you like to search and browse the mobile web through Google? Only if you disable your ad blocker." I'd be shocked if they don't try to force AMP on the desktop as well next if this works out for them.
  - Klathmon 10y ago
    Well an "ad blocker" is almost always just a list that some guy or repo online decides to block. So if someone decides AMP pages should be blocked, your ad blocker will start blocking them. It's actually one of the reasons I stopped using them. The idea of some person somewhere deciding what I see and don't see didn't quite jive with me. And it was impacting me by blocking things like Google shopping which I was trying to use.
    - aninhumer 10y ago
      That's not a reason not to use an ad-blocker, it's a reason not to use a public blocklist. If you want more control, just make your own filter rules.
      - Klathmon 10y ago
        It was one of the reasons. I also never really liked the idea of blocking ads, depriving content creators of money, and I don't want to always pay for everything with money. That, combined with the lack of easy control, opinionated ad blocking utilities (stop blocking webRTC dammit. I know you think it's a problem, I don't), general breakage across the web, performance issues with most blockers, and more made me stop using them.
  - chrisper 10y ago

dools 10y ago

The feature that finally drove me to DDG :)

kzrdude 10y ago

Where do yousee AMP? I use firefox on android, is that why I don't know about it?

elsewhen 10y ago
if you search for a topic in the news, you should see a news carousel at the top of mobile search results pages. these results have the word "AMP" alongside a lighting-icon.