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Re:Fight back against Google AMP (2018) by dessant on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @12:47PM (#21704680)
Again, install Firefox for Android with uBlock Origin, and see your opinion change about the main reason mobile sites are slow. Pages load fast and are responsive even on older phones if you use an ad blocker.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.fi...

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/ublock-origin...

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Re:Fight back against Google AMP (2018) by iteratorloopmap on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @12:57PM (#21704826)
I use ubo and have used AMP in past. UBO is an excellent ad blocker, but as far as bandwidth savings are concerned, it doesn't come close to AMP. Of course I use UBO with JS off by default which is better and arguably more secure. But I still occasionally have to unbreak sites.
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Re:Fight back against Google AMP (2018) by sandy123 on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @01:26PM (#21705240)
Should installing an adblocker be a common knowledge. The world is not made up of techies
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Re:Fight back against Google AMP (2018) by tssva on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @06:28PM (#21708307)
Your suggestion to install Firefox for Android for a performent mobile web experience undercuts whatever other arguments you may make.

Firefox for Android is a UX and performance disaster which is likely why Mozilla has chosen to start from scratch and develop a replacement browser for Android.

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Re:Fight back against Google AMP (2018) by dessant on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @06:54PM (#21708456)
Install Firefox for Android with uBlock Origin to see how ads and tracking destroy mobile performance. The setup I described loads pages faster than Chrome.
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Re:Fight back against Google AMP (2018) by zentiggr on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @02:48PM (#21706170)
DuckDuckGo browser with Blockada on Android. Not just web ads, but most app-internal ads, all gone.
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