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They might also mean "go to the non-AMP version", which is my main issue with AMP. I'd like to get the non-AMP page to e.g. see user comments (if any) which ar

by AnssiH 8y ago

They might also mean "go to the non-AMP version", which is my main issue with AMP. I'd like to get the non-AMP page to e.g. see user comments (if any) which are often omitted from the AMP version, or for posting the non-AMP URL to friends or social media. Sometimes there is an easy way to go to non-AMP page, depending on how you got there, but most of the time for me there is not. For example, this article just appeared on my Google feed on my phone, with no way to open the non-AMP version: https://www.vice.com/amp/en_uk/article/wda7jm/where-does-he-get-those-terrible-toys-an-interview-with-ashens-008 https://www.vice.com/amp/en_uk/article/wda7jm/where-does-he-... My preferred option would be to have AMP permanently disabled on my phone.

freedomben 8y ago
I couldn't agree more. The problem with AMP is that it isn't possible to disable it. Other than that, I appreciate what Google is trying to do, even if their implementation has a few flaws.
yorwba 8y ago
How to disable AMP permanently on your phone: - stop using Google feed. I can't recommend a one-stop replacement, since I use RSS to follow sites I trust to produce high-quality content and HN to discover new stuff. - stop using other Google products that link to AMP pages. DuckDuckGo is good enough these days. - use Firefox. That in itself might prevent Google search from showing AMP results, if you can't bear to use DDG. At least someone said so two years ago in this thread on Google's product forums https://productforums.google.com/forum/?_escaped_fragment_=topic/news/ixPneB4vpGk https://productforums.google.com/forum/?_escaped_fragment_=t... - install https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/amp2html/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/amp2html/ in Firefox. It still needs to load the AMP page to grab the canonical URL, but then it redirects to the non-AMP version. You can also add an adblocker like uBlock Origin while you're at it. The ability to install addons is what makes Firefox the best mobile browser in my opinion.
- emayljames 8y ago
  I just thought of this great Ffox addon that I use too. AMP pages are not real web pages. They are awful.

by AnssiH 8y ago

freedomben 8y ago

I couldn't agree more. The problem with AMP is that it isn't possible to disable it. Other than that, I appreciate what Google is trying to do, even if their implementation has a few flaws.

yorwba 8y ago

How to disable AMP permanently on your phone: - stop using Google feed. I can't recommend a one-stop replacement, since I use RSS to follow sites I trust to produce high-quality content and HN to discover new stuff. - stop using other Google products that link to AMP pages. DuckDuckGo is good enough these days. - use Firefox. That in itself might prevent Google search from showing AMP results, if you can't bear to use DDG. At least someone said so two years ago in this thread on Google's product forums https://productforums.google.com/forum/?_escaped_fragment_=topic/news/ixPneB4vpGk https://productforums.google.com/forum/?_escaped_fragment_=t... - install https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/amp2html/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/amp2html/ in Firefox. It still needs to load the AMP page to grab the canonical URL, but then it redirects to the non-AMP version. You can also add an adblocker like uBlock Origin while you're at it. The ability to install addons is what makes Firefox the best mobile browser in my opinion.

emayljames 8y ago
I just thought of this great Ffox addon that I use too. AMP pages are not real web pages. They are awful.