News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:States bring action against Google under federal and stat... by creato on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @09:00PM (#25451459)
But this sounds like a technical limitation that makes sense? This entire comment chain is mostly people interpreting the lawsuit as claiming this was a deliberate artificial delay for business reasons and getting outraged about that, not a technical issue.
Re:States bring action against Google under federal and stat... by ethbr0 on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @09:43PM (#25451768)
It's a little murky. If the status quo comes with a cost, because of practical uncertainty, and you provide an alternative that eliminates the uncertainty (and the cost), and then you use the elimination of the cost to prefer your own method... at minimum, that feels "not fair."
Re:States bring action against Google under federal and stat... by Retric on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @09:50PM (#25451815)
Why would it be unfair? A lot of UI delays come from uncertainty, it’s often a significant technical issue.
Re:States bring action against Google under federal and stat... by ethbr0 on Thursday December 17, 2020 @01:08AM (#25453066)
Because you eliminate uncertainty by imposing your own standard, the adoption of which financially benefits you.
Re:States bring action against Google under federal and stat... by Retric on Thursday December 17, 2020 @09:03AM (#25455627)
An unbiased viewpoint acknowledges that bad people doing bad things for selfish reasons, can have both positive and negative results.
Re:States bring action against Google under federal and stat... by nl on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @11:27PM (#25452456)
There's further details about it here: https://github.com/ampproject/amphtml/issues/3133

And yeah, it's a technical issue.