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For the youngins, in the mid 2000s they branded a very similar service as “Google Web Accelerator” by saying their servers would deal with TCP slow-start for yo
by callalex 3y ago
For the youngins, in the mid 2000s they branded a very similar service as “Google Web Accelerator” by saying their servers would deal with TCP slow-start for you faster than your home connection. The goal of course was to get you to tunnel all your traffic through their tracking/stalking engine.
- doublerabbit 3y agoAnd let's not forget the recent failure of AMP. Resulted in URLs ending in .amp and sad failure of an application. Once as an attempt for content control.
- TerrifiedMouse 3y agoWait. They killed AMP? I mean I don't miss it but that's something I never thought would end up in the Google graveyard.
- kalupa 3y agoI don't think it's technically dead, yet but it may as well be (thankfully)
- footlose_3815 3y agoAmp links still exist
- Gigachad 3y agoIirc they also had something that would replace all the images on the page with webp to save on mobile data.