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Re:Why the bounce rate of AMP pages is so high by jacquesm on Friday March 10, 2017 @04:19PM (#13842214)
Google prefers them because they give Google more power.

They also:

  - break the web

  - hijack content

  - reduce the value for the publisher

  - make it impossible for the publisher to monetize their content

  - are a step back from an open web
Pretty soon you'll be 'certified information provider' to Google rather than web publisher.

Why stop at mobile?

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Re:Why the bounce rate of AMP pages is so high by SquareWheel on Saturday March 11, 2017 @12:37AM (#13844397)
>break the web

Okay, how? AMP is built on HTML5 standards.

>hijack content

AMP Cache is different than AMP. Do CDNs also "hijack content", by serving them from faster servers?

>reduce the value for the publisher

By offering them an option to make pages load faster?

>make it impossible for the publisher to monetize their content

Incorrect. Read up on the allowed tags in AMP. Both ads and analytics are possible; they're just delayed until after the content is shown.

>are a step back from an open web

Built on open web standards.

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Re:Why the bounce rate of AMP pages is so high by reitanqild on Saturday March 11, 2017 @06:37PM (#13847913)
>> break the web

> Okay, how? AMP is built on HTML5 standards.

Will only comment on this: it should be easy to figure out a way to break the open web using HTML5 standards:

- browser sniffing

- crazy javascript navigation

etc. Just from the top of my head.

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