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Reading HN threads about AMP has taught me that it's very easy for people with gigabit internet connections, fast computers and adblockers to ignore the fact th
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Reading HN threads about AMP has taught me that it's very easy for people with gigabit internet connections, fast computers and adblockers to ignore the fact that AMP made the web actually usable for large numbers of people who previously had to wait 5 minutes for a page to load.
- watwut 5y agoI use off-shelf android browser and old phone. I dont have gigabit internet connection. And hate AMP. Also, it is fair ty say that the people who hate consequences AMP the most are those who use reddit and discussions generally. Because that is where amp fails the most. Which is pretty close to average user. People who dont mind amp are the ones who primary use long form static pages ... which is minority of internet.
- hoppyhoppy2 5y agoI don't think that many people argue that page loading times weren't an issue, particularly when mobile networks were much slower. It's just that they think AMP was the wrong solution to that problem. There are other ways Google could have promoted and encouraged lightweight mobile friendly webpages without creating their own new standard.