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(a) that assumes the dev wants to. Plenty of developers still see Google as the all-knowing all-loving mother titty that can do no wrong. Even for those who ac
by stephenr 6y ago
(a) that assumes the dev wants to. Plenty of developers still see Google as the all-knowing all-loving mother titty that can do no wrong.
Even for those who acknowledge Google may do shitty things, but are more interested in pulling their dick or what have you, rather than doing the work to make a great $thing, AMP gives them an easy out. No interpretation required, no need to worry about timings or what a "core web vital" is. Just follow this bouncing ball. Monkey see, monkey do.
(b) that assumes the dev is allowed to. Plenty of middle and upper management will always defer to "the industry" over any amount developer insight - particularly when the pitch is essentially "lets remove this thing so we can do some more work ourselves to achieve the same result".
(c) even if the dev wants to, and management OK it - maintenance is literally that: maintaining the status quo. Evolution, particularly on the scale of large sites, is a long term thing.
Big news sites are some of the worst offenders for junking up a page. Google could have "fixed" that by using the metrics discussed in the article to determine "carousel" results, from the start. But then they'd just have made a bunch of websites load faster, and wouldn't have added yet another tentacle around the web.
- bryanrasmussen 6y ago> that assumes the dev wants to. Plenty of developers still see Google as the all-knowing all-loving mother titty that can do no wrong. I think I've only met one dev in the last 8 years that was that misguided, although I am somewhat limited in sociability so maybe just didn't realize it.
- stephenr 6y agoI'm not saying it's all, or even a lot of developers. But they exist.
- bryanrasmussen 6y agoOk, plenty made me read it as a lot.
- stephenr 6y agoI'd say overall there are a pretty decent number of developers/tech people (not limited to just the web) who view Google as some giant benevolent thing. I'd hope that web developers in particular would see more of the reality of Google's attacks on the open web. But then I've also seen an alarming number of "web developers" making claims like "I just wish Firefox and Safari would adopt Blink too, then we wouldn't have cross browser issues..." without a hint of irony, nor apparently knowledge of the last 15 years of web history. But I'm also realistic. There are developers, both web- and other, who absolutely defend AMP, and Google's approach.
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- waheoo 6y ago> Plenty of developers still see Google as the all-knowing all-loving mother titty that can do no wrong. Preach!