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I think the point I would emphasize and criticize about your remarks is not that "Googlers love AMP", but that "Googlers believe that users love AMP". One thing

I think the point I would emphasize and criticize about your remarks is not that "Googlers love AMP", but that "Googlers believe that users love AMP". One thing I hope that you will learn with time is that Google religiously indoctrinates a trust in data that is extremely, extremely wrong. And that Googlers are taught to shut down arguments based on the inherent trust in that internal data that they obviously can't share publicly or permit external review of. And I say this as someone who has provided extensive in-home computer support to senior citizens. I understand the world far outside the HN bubble because I actively work with people about as far outside of it as you can get.

sanderjd 4y ago
I don't think the second statement is true at all. At least I've never had a discussion with a Google employee who expressed that. My opinions come from watching my friends and family who are not techies (by profession or inclination) navigate the web. It's not that AMP is great or anything, it's that most web pages now really suck. I think people really underestimate the extent to which Google (like all giant companies) is a collection of really separate organizations. I don't know any more about or have any closer attachment to AMP than any other nerd that uses the internet. I just think it is the best of the bad solutions to the out of control slow bloat problem with web pages now (and for quite awhile).