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Seems unlikely. How many people have installed AMP blockers specifically on ios15? How many people have installed AMP blockers on any other platform that's no

Seems unlikely. How many people have installed AMP blockers specifically on ios15? How many people have installed AMP blockers on any other platform that's not being UA-sniffed?

madeofpalk 5y ago
While it's only a Bezos number, a paid AMP blocker (perhaps from OP?) was in the list of top paid apps when iOS 15 went live.
- Mindwipe 5y ago
  Question might be if it inspires more blocking elsewhere. It is pretty bad news for AMP that Ampolosion exists. It would be even worse if Samsung noticed that popularity and implemented something similar in their browser, perhaps even by default.
theshrike79 5y ago
Amplosion got a big boost by being made by the same guy who did Apollo (pretty much the de facto Reddit client on iOS). I don't get bothered by AMP pages that much, but I paid the few euros for Amplosion just to support Christian's work and give a middle finger to Google's attempts to take over the web.
- dkonofalski 5y ago
  I don't care too much about AMP links but I bought Amplosion just to show my support for Christian, the author of Apollo. That app alone makes Reddit bearable. The official Reddit app is terrible and actively harms the browsing experience and makes it harder to find actual useful content on Reddit as opposed to all the pushed spam content.
  - spicybright 5y ago
    For anyone on android, "Reddit is fun" is hands down the best I've used. I seriously don't see how people put up with the main app + non old.reddit.com site. It's just miserable and ad filled.
    - dkonofalski 5y ago
      Soon they won't have a choice as old.reddit.com is already set for deprecation. The whole site is an advertising platform now.
- zbowling 5y ago
  Apollo is not the defacto reddit client. Reddit's own app is.
  - Nextgrid 5y ago
    Reddit's own app is an adware & malware that happens to display some Reddit content.
    - hibern8 5y ago
      Source for the malware claim?
      - whydoyoucare 5y ago
        I believe (s)he wanted imply reddit's official app displays a lot of inline advertisements and other stuff that makes it difficult to determine what is legit subscribed content and what is sneakily inserted by reddit. Maybe I am wrong.
      - blendergeek 5y ago
        From Wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia: > Programs are also considered malware if they secretly act against the interests of the computer user. There are two criteria that software must meet to fit this definition: 1. The software must act against the interests of the computer user. 2. This must be done "secretly". I unfortunately do not know much about the Reddit App for iOS so I can't make a judgement as to whether it fits definition 2. I think I can say with confidence it fits definition 1.
      - Nextgrid 5y ago
        It tracks you for advertising purposes. That's malicious in my book.
        colejohnson66 5y ago
        It doesn’t advertise to you in secret (how would that even work?). The ads are front and center. It’s user hostile, but not malware.
- tshaddox 5y ago
  I actually generally like AMP, but I paid for the extension because AMP breaks native app URL listeners, so from an AMP page it's impossible to open the page in the native iOS app e.g. YouTube or Reddit. (FYI, free AMP blocker extensions quickly emerged after that paid one went viral.)
ballenf 5y ago
People who - use iOS 15 (including betas) - hate AMP - still use Google for search - went to the trouble of finding and installing such an extension is probably a number that rounds to 0.0% of Google searches. Not meant as a critique of the extension writer, just agree that this explanation seems highly implausible to me.
- dperfect 5y ago
  I agree – the number is probably insignificant, but I don't think you have to restrict your estimate to people who hate AMP. Basically an average iOS user (likely using Google as it's still the default last I checked) who in the past installed an extension to block unwanted content (ads/malware/etc) may be blocking AMP links without even knowing what they are.
Tagbert 5y ago
How many normal users have even heard of AMP? Even among those technical enough to know or care about AMP, how many have installed and use these plugins? I haven’t. I don’t see how blockers installed by a small percentage of techies would have much impact.

Seems unlikely. How many people have installed AMP blockers specifically on ios15? How many people have installed AMP blockers on any other platform that's not being UA-sniffed?

madeofpalk 5y ago

While it's only a Bezos number, a paid AMP blocker (perhaps from OP?) was in the list of top paid apps when iOS 15 went live.

Mindwipe 5y ago
Question might be if it inspires more blocking elsewhere. It is pretty bad news for AMP that Ampolosion exists. It would be even worse if Samsung noticed that popularity and implemented something similar in their browser, perhaps even by default.

theshrike79 5y ago

Amplosion got a big boost by being made by the same guy who did Apollo (pretty much the de facto Reddit client on iOS). I don't get bothered by AMP pages that much, but I paid the few euros for Amplosion just to support Christian's work and give a middle finger to Google's attempts to take over the web.

dkonofalski 5y ago
I don't care too much about AMP links but I bought Amplosion just to show my support for Christian, the author of Apollo. That app alone makes Reddit bearable. The official Reddit app is terrible and actively harms the browsing experience and makes it harder to find actual useful content on Reddit as opposed to all the pushed spam content.
- spicybright 5y ago
  For anyone on android, "Reddit is fun" is hands down the best I've used. I seriously don't see how people put up with the main app + non old.reddit.com site. It's just miserable and ad filled.
  - dkonofalski 5y ago
    Soon they won't have a choice as old.reddit.com is already set for deprecation. The whole site is an advertising platform now.
zbowling 5y ago
Apollo is not the defacto reddit client. Reddit's own app is.
- Nextgrid 5y ago
  Reddit's own app is an adware & malware that happens to display some Reddit content.
  - hibern8 5y ago
    Source for the malware claim?
    - whydoyoucare 5y ago
      I believe (s)he wanted imply reddit's official app displays a lot of inline advertisements and other stuff that makes it difficult to determine what is legit subscribed content and what is sneakily inserted by reddit. Maybe I am wrong.
    - blendergeek 5y ago
      From Wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia: > Programs are also considered malware if they secretly act against the interests of the computer user. There are two criteria that software must meet to fit this definition: 1. The software must act against the interests of the computer user. 2. This must be done "secretly". I unfortunately do not know much about the Reddit App for iOS so I can't make a judgement as to whether it fits definition 2. I think I can say with confidence it fits definition 1.
    - Nextgrid 5y ago
      It tracks you for advertising purposes. That's malicious in my book.
      - colejohnson66 5y ago
        It doesn’t advertise to you in secret (how would that even work?). The ads are front and center. It’s user hostile, but not malware.
tshaddox 5y ago
I actually generally like AMP, but I paid for the extension because AMP breaks native app URL listeners, so from an AMP page it's impossible to open the page in the native iOS app e.g. YouTube or Reddit. (FYI, free AMP blocker extensions quickly emerged after that paid one went viral.)

ballenf 5y ago

People who - use iOS 15 (including betas) - hate AMP - still use Google for search - went to the trouble of finding and installing such an extension is probably a number that rounds to 0.0% of Google searches. Not meant as a critique of the extension writer, just agree that this explanation seems highly implausible to me.

dperfect 5y ago
I agree – the number is probably insignificant, but I don't think you have to restrict your estimate to people who hate AMP. Basically an average iOS user (likely using Google as it's still the default last I checked) who in the past installed an extension to block unwanted content (ads/malware/etc) may be blocking AMP links without even knowing what they are.

Tagbert 5y ago

How many normal users have even heard of AMP? Even among those technical enough to know or care about AMP, how many have installed and use these plugins? I haven’t. I don’t see how blockers installed by a small percentage of techies would have much impact.