> Google would face the exact same criticisms if it tried to strongarm publishers into caring about performance. You state this as a fact, but Google seems to

> Google would face the exact same criticisms if it tried to strongarm publishers into caring about performance. You state this as a fact, but Google seems to use, and to have long used, load time as a ranking metric (see https://backlinko.com/google-ranking-factors https://backlinko.com/google-ranking-factors #22, for example), and I've never heard any serious complaints about it.