Actually I think you're right. There is no technical understanding of any of this in the minds of the people making these decisions. The distinction between re

Actually I think you're right. There is no technical understanding of any of this in the minds of the people making these decisions. The distinction between republishing via AMP and linking takes longer than 5 seconds to explain, so will be ignored by everyone involved. Google & Facebook were being attacked (at the behest of Murdoch) on multiple fronts. This was one of them, the news mess was another. I think (again, personal opinion, ignore at will) that this is the last remnants of that broohaha being put to rest.