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Re:Google resumes its attack on the URL bar, hides full addr... by HumblyTossed on Friday August 14, 2020 @09:05AM (#24157360)
> Actually, that's their argument for doing it.

If AMP didn't exist I might be slightly more inclined to believe them.

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Re:Google resumes its attack on the URL bar, hides full addr... by mkl on Friday August 14, 2020 @09:11AM (#24157439)
They have a plan for that, too, a proposed standard (SXG: Signed HTTP Exchanges, currently only supported in Chrome and derivatives) that lets them hide the fact that AMP is being used: https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/11/signed-exc... and more background: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/07/googles-amp-canonical-...
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