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FWIW Amplosion (paid iOS extension to automatically redirect AMP pages) is quite highly ranked on the app store. It clearly isn't only techies that dislike it

by selsta 5y ago

FWIW Amplosion (paid iOS extension to automatically redirect AMP pages) is quite highly ranked on the app store. It clearly isn't only techies that dislike it so much that they actually pay to get rid of AMP.

mrtksn 5y ago
Could be, I can't remote-sense feelings but never heard of a non-techie complaining about it. It might have become annoying when sharing though, I think they later made it harder to find the non-amp link(The AMP link looks weird, as if you are sharing the wrong URL). Anyway, the AMP experience was a fresh breath in the world of 10-20 seconds webpage loading times. You see the lightning icon, tap it and the content instantly comes. Swipe right and left to go through the other results and everything is displayed instantly, top notch experience - especially when Googling for stuff from the news websites.
- selsta 5y ago
  I have found AMP to be an awful experience. It messes with native scrolling physics, pages are often incomplete or straight up broken. It also disables Reader mode on iOS so I'm always forced to load the full web page anyway. Luckily iOS 15 web extensions have solved that problem.
  - mrtksn 5y ago
    > It also disables Reader mode on iOS so I'm always forced to load the full web page anyway. I agree. It's one of the imperfections of the AMP. I like AMP for quickly skimming between the results and then load the original page if I find something lengthy ro read.
    - KennyBlanken 5y ago
      It's not an imperfection, it's by design. Reader mode removes ads. It also strips out all the crap the site's UX/UI people use to try and keep you on the site.
- forgotmypw17 5y ago
  >never heard of a non-techie complaining about it. I think most non-techies have no idea what AMP is to begin with. It's just, once again, "my phone is doing some annoying and unexpected shit I didn't ask for".

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FWIW Amplosion (paid iOS extension to automatically redirect AMP pages) is quite highly ranked on the app store. It clearly isn't only techies that dislike it

by selsta 5y ago

mrtksn 5y ago
Could be, I can't remote-sense feelings but never heard of a non-techie complaining about it. It might have become annoying when sharing though, I think they later made it harder to find the non-amp link(The AMP link looks weird, as if you are sharing the wrong URL). Anyway, the AMP experience was a fresh breath in the world of 10-20 seconds webpage loading times. You see the lightning icon, tap it and the content instantly comes. Swipe right and left to go through the other results and everything is displayed instantly, top notch experience - especially when Googling for stuff from the news websites.
- selsta 5y ago
  I have found AMP to be an awful experience. It messes with native scrolling physics, pages are often incomplete or straight up broken. It also disables Reader mode on iOS so I'm always forced to load the full web page anyway. Luckily iOS 15 web extensions have solved that problem.
  - mrtksn 5y ago
    > It also disables Reader mode on iOS so I'm always forced to load the full web page anyway. I agree. It's one of the imperfections of the AMP. I like AMP for quickly skimming between the results and then load the original page if I find something lengthy ro read.
    - KennyBlanken 5y ago
      It's not an imperfection, it's by design. Reader mode removes ads. It also strips out all the crap the site's UX/UI people use to try and keep you on the site.
- forgotmypw17 5y ago
  >never heard of a non-techie complaining about it. I think most non-techies have no idea what AMP is to begin with. It's just, once again, "my phone is doing some annoying and unexpected shit I didn't ask for".