In the present case, the failure to provide an opt-out speaks volumes.
If AMP was a good faith attempt to improve UX, it would have been provided early on.
The faceless imposition of AMP is a clear signal of malign intent, IMO.
If AMP was a good faith attempt to improve UX, it would have been provided early on.
The faceless imposition of AMP is a clear signal of malign intent, IMO.
1) make web pages fast, without shitty popups on mobile 2) make this happen for large coverage of heavily visited pages 3) make this happen quickly (OKRs are on quarter/annual cadence)
Imagine you owned Google Search and you were afraid for your life that everything was moving into native apps because the experience was better. As a search engine, you only control the front door and not the content. What do you do?
You seem to believe that they don't have any other options which is wrong. They have a lot of options at their disposal and they intentionally chose a very hostile one.
Pretty simple solution, no?