As far as I know you still need to load 200kb+ JS from a third party (ampproject.org) to use even basic built-in browser features like forms. See for example ht

As far as I know you still need to load 200kb+ JS from a third party (ampproject.org) to use even basic built-in browser features like forms. See for example https://amp.dev/documentation/components/amp-form/?referrer=ampproject.org https://amp.dev/documentation/components/amp-form/?referrer=... If AMP only was a stricter subset of HTML with some limits on page size I don't think the backlash would be so hard. Instead it's a framework that includes massive overhead, third party dependencies, explicit carve-outs for ads and a unnecessary 7 second load delay if you choose not to load their js. EDIT: Also built in scroll-jacking, hiding the actual origin of the content, and a bunch of other anti-features. This is one of those things where google might have started with a good idea, but the reasonable person left the room after a single-sentence pitch and left it up to whatever braintrust of marketers and LOC-counting managers stayed.