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AMP crossed over into monopolistic territory when Google search engine decided to rank them better. In fact as a user, I always found Google Assistant opening a
by QueensGambit 8y ago
AMP crossed over into monopolistic territory when Google search engine decided to rank them better. In fact as a user, I always found Google Assistant opening a news article as AMP annoying, because, I couldn't read the comments about the article. Worse still, there was no link to the original article in AMP. So, when the search engine ranks them better, I wonder what the criteria is? Do users actually want the AMP articles instead of original ones, which is not true in my case? If that's the case with everyone, then it is of no one's interest except Google [1].
[1] https://www.politico.eu/article/google-amp-accelerated-mobile-pages-competition-antitrust-margrethe-vestager-mobile-android/ https://www.politico.eu/article/google-amp-accelerated-mobil...
- tannhaeuser 8y agoThere's a simple remedy: use DuckDuckGo and Firefox (like all people in the civilized Web). I have yet to see a single AMP search result. How come we're being brainwashed into thinking it's a good idea to rely on search results produced by the world's largest ad network? Because Google never would send you to the pages having the most ads, would they? Of course this doesn't address Google's potential anti-competitive behaviour which is a case for antitrust investigation not witch hunt.
- strictnein 8y agoWe were "brainwashed" by the fact that Google is the best search engine.
- rrix2 8y ago> like all people in the civilized Web Friend, I use DDG and Firefox exclusively and still feel like this is not a useful thing to say