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Recently I came across the AMP website at https://amp.dev/ https://amp.dev/ (after some years since first seeing it). It’s really remarkable how much Google wan
by alanh 4y ago
Recently I came across the AMP website at https://amp.dev/ https://amp.dev/ (after some years since first seeing it). It’s really remarkable how much Google wants to pretend this is an industry standard and not their own little fiefdom. I don’t see the word Google anywhere, not even on the About page.
- user3939382 4y agoIt kind of reminds me of the OOXML thing where Microsoft hijacked the standards process for its own benefit.
- jiggawatts 4y agoOOXML was a standard-after-the-fact, because Microsoft couldn't respond to some Government tenders that required that all data be stored in standardised formats. So... they "standardised" it. Hilariously, OOXML as generated by MS Office is not the standard version by default. The standard version has different XML namespaces and even slightly different capabilities. You can choose this format in Save As, but nobody does.
- lupire 4y agoThe.dev gTLD is Google's; it exists for Google projects to hide their Google relationships. amp.dev does make a tiny out of context mention at the bottom of the page, that Google runs the AMP CDN. But overall it's obvious that the AMP Project trying to hide it's Googleyness by being "Open JS Foundation", which itself is a corporate trade group hijacking the word "Open".
- a5aAqU 4y agoThe whole AMP thing is shady. Be sure to read this: https://wptavern.com/amp-has-irreparably-damaged-publishers-trust-in-google-led-initiatives https://wptavern.com/amp-has-irreparably-damaged-publishers-...