There’s a popular thread on Hacker News with lots of people complaining about how Google AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) is ruining their mobile web experience.
This week I also got two AMP links sent to me via Telegram and to see those Google URLs replacing unique domain names made me a bit sad on behalf of the owners of those sites. As a site owner myself, it feels like sovereignty of a website being taken away.
Other than people sharing links with me, I rarely encounter AMP in the wild. It is possible to restrict Google AMP from your life both as a web user and as a web developer. Here’s how you can fight back against Google AMP.
Don't use Google search Don't use the Chrome browser Don't use AMP on your own sites Why are so many sites slow in the first place? Treat the cause: Third-party requests slow down the web How to make your sites faster than AMP without using AMP
I'm glad I'm not the only one -- I just noticed it last week. Thankfully I was using an older version of Firefox where you could request "full desktop site".
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