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Re:Man sues over Google’s “Location History” fiasco, case co... by stonogo on Monday August 20, 2018 @08:56PM (#17805818)
AMP is a Google CDN where they restrict the variety of web technologies publishers may use. In return, Google gets more tracking data.

Some people don't like Google, so they don't want to load pages from AMP servers.

Re:Man sues over Google’s “Location History” fiasco, case co... by JoshMnem on Monday August 20, 2018 @09:54PM (#17806192)
It isn't only about the data. When people visit AMP pages from Google Search, they aren't visiting your site. They are visiting a restricted shell of it that is hosted on google.com with a left-right swipe that takes users off of your site instead of deeper inside it. It restricts your markup and monetization, and is one of the largest threats to the WWW at the moment. The web is supposed to be decentralized. Also, mobile-first doesn't mean mobile-everywhere.
Re:Man sues over Google’s “Location History” fiasco, case co... by danso on Monday August 20, 2018 @09:22PM (#17805971)
What additional data does Google get through AMP that they don't get through Google Analytics?
Re:Man sues over Google’s “Location History” fiasco, case co... by move-on-by on Monday August 20, 2018 @09:47PM (#17806150)
Google Analytics is easily blocked while still having access to the content. Loading the full content from their AMP servers is an all-or-nothing scenario. It effectively moves Google from being a 3rd party to a 1st party and the content provider becomes the 3rd party instead
Re:Man sues over Google’s “Location History” fiasco, case co... by zavi on Monday August 20, 2018 @09:29PM (#17806015)
Nothing, OP is ignorant. Google does AMP to make webpages faster cause they make money from people clicking on links.
Re:Man sues over Google’s “Location History” fiasco, case co... by kerng on Monday August 20, 2018 @09:59PM (#17806221)
Google lock in, like Microsoft's MSN idea in 1995... Google wants you to never leave their servers, so they can track much more and much easier. Just bad for a free and open web.