I would agree but at least part of the issue is that Google has a poor track record within the email design community for having weird / wonky support of the st

I would agree but at least part of the issue is that Google has a poor track record within the email design community for having weird / wonky support of the standards that already exist. If they had worked on addressing some of those shortcomings alongside the launch of Amp for email, it would have gone a long way to promoting adoption.