AMP was about keeping news content on the web competitive with Facebook instant articles. When Google was forced to cut a deal with News Corp last month (the A

AMP was about keeping news content on the web competitive with Facebook instant articles. When Google was forced to cut a deal with News Corp last month (the Australian debacle) that would bring News content from the open web into their News app, AMP became much less important to them anyway. All in all, yes, another loss for the open web, but I think the picture is more complicated then the "AMP is evil" meme.