Re:Dear Google, I'm Blocking You from My Website
by whalabi on Thursday July 11, 2019 @05:47AM
(#20410315)
> I don't believe the intent of the AMP team is to strongarm developers into using their framework
Regardless of their intent, Google IS strong-arming publishers, by:
* Pushing publishers to do something effectively none of them want to do (and making them pay for it)
* Limiting lucrative Google search real estate if they don't
* Not having any publishers or content makers on the technical steering committee of AMP (3/7 are Google employees, another 3 are platform people who exploit content (Microsoft, Twitter, Pinterest)
You know how I know that Google is strong-arming publishers?
Because none of them would implement AMP if they weren't being strong-armed.
Logically speaking, if publishers wanted to make their sites faster, and considered it cost effective, they would have already done it.
Regardless of their intent, Google IS strong-arming publishers, by:
* Pushing publishers to do something effectively none of them want to do (and making them pay for it)
* Limiting lucrative Google search real estate if they don't
* Not having any publishers or content makers on the technical steering committee of AMP (3/7 are Google employees, another 3 are platform people who exploit content (Microsoft, Twitter, Pinterest)
You know how I know that Google is strong-arming publishers?
Because none of them would implement AMP if they weren't being strong-armed.
Logically speaking, if publishers wanted to make their sites faster, and considered it cost effective, they would have already done it.