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1 MB is incredibly compact by news site standards. Try a random article page like https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/07/tech/australia-encryption-law-passes-intl/

1 MB is incredibly compact by news site standards. Try a random article page like https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/07/tech/australia-encryption-law-passes-intl/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/07/tech/australia-encryption... I refreshed a few times, scrolling to the bottom of the page each time. According to Chrome dev tools even without a video playing between 6 MB and 21 MB was transferred just for me to scroll to the bottom of the page.

dmitriid 8y ago
True. The problem with AMP though is that it doesn't push content sites to do anything about their actual sites. Content/news sites produce a stripped down version for AMP in the hopes to get into the search carousel, and that's it. That's why I view other initiatives by Google such as https://web.dev https://web.dev [1] laughable at best. [1] Is a rehash of what has been in their docs for ages: https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/performance/why-performance-matters/ https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/performance/w...
- faceplanted 8y ago
  > it doesn't push content sites to do anything about their actual sites Literally nothing has ever achieved that, and it likely never will, it's also no AMP's job, AMP's job is to be a workaround for that systemic issue.
  - dmitriid 8y ago
    AMP's job is to lock publishers in a Google-controlled system where you jump when Google tells you to jump, or else you lose your spot at the top of Google's search results. Oh. And ads. It's always about the ads. They don't even attempt to hide it, really. Right there on AMP's page (emphasis mine): --- quote --- The project enables the creation of websites and ads that are... What AMP Provides Higher Performance and Engagement .... Flexibility and Results Publishers and advertisers can decide how to present their content and what technology vendors to use, all while maintaining and improving key performance indicators. ... More than 1.5B AMP pages have been published to date and 100+ leading analytics, ad tech and CMS providers support the AMP format. --- end quote ---

dmitriid 8y ago

True. The problem with AMP though is that it doesn't push content sites to do anything about their actual sites. Content/news sites produce a stripped down version for AMP in the hopes to get into the search carousel, and that's it. That's why I view other initiatives by Google such as https://web.dev https://web.dev [1] laughable at best. [1] Is a rehash of what has been in their docs for ages: https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/performance/why-performance-matters/ https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/performance/w...

faceplanted 8y ago
> it doesn't push content sites to do anything about their actual sites Literally nothing has ever achieved that, and it likely never will, it's also no AMP's job, AMP's job is to be a workaround for that systemic issue.
- dmitriid 8y ago
  AMP's job is to lock publishers in a Google-controlled system where you jump when Google tells you to jump, or else you lose your spot at the top of Google's search results. Oh. And ads. It's always about the ads. They don't even attempt to hide it, really. Right there on AMP's page (emphasis mine): --- quote --- The project enables the creation of websites and ads that are... What AMP Provides Higher Performance and Engagement .... Flexibility and Results Publishers and advertisers can decide how to present their content and what technology vendors to use, all while maintaining and improving key performance indicators. ... More than 1.5B AMP pages have been published to date and 100+ leading analytics, ad tech and CMS providers support the AMP format. --- end quote ---