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Because that page is AMP by default, it takes about 7 seconds to load the page on my laptop. AMP is really slow in some cases.

Edit: see my comment below before you downvote me.

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Huh, I've tested on a bunch of devices/connections and haven't encountered that. Do you know what causes AMP to be that slow for you? I'll take a look at serving non-AMP pages by default. It will require tweaking how image inclusion works.

Would you please remove amp entirely?

For people who use extensions or browsers that block third party JS, AMP pages will take many seconds to load in non-mobile Web browsers.

Here is information about some of the other problems with AMP:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/19/open_source_insider...

https://danielmiessler.com/blog/google-amp-not-good-thing/

https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/ampersand/

https://css-tricks.com/need-catch-amp-debate/

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/01/17/schreiber-amp

Fix your browser /shrug

It isn't just my browser. AMP performs very badly in some non-mobile browsers (no extensions).

Fix your website

Same here. The page just stays blank for few seconds, and then pops into existence.

(I do use uMatrix to block 3rd party JS.)

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