A recently unredacted antitrust complaint alleges that Google gives AMP a “nice comparative boost” by throttling load times of non-AMP ads via one-second delays
The Chrome Dev Summit concluded earlier this week. Announcements and discussions on hot topics impacting … Tweets: @robinberjon , @jameshercher , @joshhostels , @andrew_morgs , @triblondon , @adriaanvrossum , @lehors , and @campuscodi See also Mediagazer Tweets: Robin Berjon / @robinberjon : A clear and dispassionate overview of the damage wreaked by AMP and the reason why it's become very difficult to treat Google-led initiatives with anything other than intense suspicion. https://wptavern.com/... James / @jameshercher : Very true. I feel I've credited Google with good faith on many things. AMP really changes how I feel about reporting on Google. https://twitter.com/... Josh / @joshhostels : “Google falsely told publishers that adopting #AMP would enhance load times...AMP pages brought 40% less revenue to publishers...Google throttles the load time of non-AMP ads by giving them artificial 1-second delays in order to give Google AMP a” boost https://wptavern.com/... Andrew Morgan / @andrew_morgs : “Given the court proceedings against AMP, why should anyone trust FLOC or any other Google initiatives ostensibly focused on privacy?” https://wptavern.com/... Andrew Betts / @triblondon : It amazes me that AMP is actually even worse and more destructive than I thought, and it was already bad enough that 700 people signed https://ampletter.org/ FOUR YEARS AGO. https://wptavern.com/... @adriaanvrossum : “Without questioning the personal integrity of the contributors on that team, I think it's important that Google leadership acknowledge how AMP has damaged publishers' trust in light of recent events.” https://wptavern.com/... Arnaud J Le Hors / @lehors : When AMP first came out I and others made a fuss about it at the next W3C meeting. It forced the Google reps to hold an impromptu meeting during which they told us we had nothing to worry about... I never believed it and here we are. https://twitter.com/... Catalin Cimpanu / @campuscodi : This doesn't bode well for Chrome's new extension API, built-in ad blocker, and the new FLOC system. Google will do anything to protect its ad business and its snakeoiling ecosystem https://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer