Re:Canada’s Bill C-18 and Our Search and News Products
by kittiepryde on Thursday June 29, 2023 @05:09PM
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AMP made the internet on my phone work. Most sites seem to dedicate 50% or more of the screen space to advertisements and load very slowly -- AMP sites were just crazy more performant -- I'm not saying AMP was the right move to make, but, it was trying to solve a real problem (similar to this bill also likely being the wrong move)
Re:Canada’s Bill C-18 and Our Search and News Products
by tyingq on Thursday June 29, 2023 @05:11PM
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It did have some benefits for consumers (and some drawbacks also). That doesn't really change what they did to publishers with it though.
Re:Canada’s Bill C-18 and Our Search and News Products
by basisword on Thursday June 29, 2023 @06:25PM
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AMP worked like shit for me. Any time I had weird behavioural issues with a site, I’d look to the address bar and spot AMP. Using an extensions to prevent AMP stealing my clicks has made my phones browser work much better.
It wasn't that long ago that Google was forcing AMP onto the same publishers by making it a requirement to appear in the news carousel. That forced a lot of unwanted intrusion into content that wasn't Google's to mess with. Including a forced banner in the most valuable space, hijacking right/left swipes to navigate to competitor publisher sites, etc. They have a strong demonstrated history of doing the wrong thing in this space.
Though, I agree, this law and the outcome aren't the solution.