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80x24
Personal blog · 80x24.net · on HN as segf4ultwebprogramming
80x24 is a personal blog at 80x24.net about web and programming. Since 2017, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “The Problem with AMP”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters cite this blog's post 'The problem with AMP', which argues that Google's AMP keeps publishers tied to Google's domain and diverts traffic away from other websites.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Thoughts on the bits and bytes of life.
Most-linked posts?
- The Problem with AMP5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2017-01-17
What Hacker News says?
"In fact, AMP keeps users within Google’s domain and diverts traffic away from other websites for the benefit of Google. At a scale of billions of users, this has the effect of further reinforcing Google’s dominance of the Web." - http://ampletter.org/ "Make no mistake. AMP is about lock-in for Google. AMP is meant to keep publishers tied to Google." - https://80x24.net/post/the-problem-with-amp/
Comment linking /post/the-problem-with-amp/
on “Google AMP – A 70% drop in our conversion rate”Submitted The Problem with AMP as a story · 641 points
HN discussionAMP is one of the biggest threats to the future of the WWW at the moment. It's an attempt to appify the web on Google's own domain and dictate how you monetize your site. Hand-optimized HTML pages are faster than AMP pages. Here are some links: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/19/open_source_insider... https://80x24.net/post/the-problem-with-amp/ https://daringfireball.net/linked/2018/01/09/amp-will-still-... h…
Comment linking /post/the-problem-with-amp/
on “One Year Without AMP”How google is evil: 1. AMP is eating the open web https://80x24.net/post/the-problem-with-amp/ 2. The youtube algorithm leads users "down hateful rabbit holes." https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/feb/02/how-youtu... 3. Google is using monopolistic practices to favor its own products. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/20/magazine/the-case-against...
Comment linking /post/the-problem-with-amp/
on “Technology firms as a threat to basic liberties”"...in what way?" First, by crushing all the smaller players in ad-tech that can't keep up with all the criteria needed to be included in AMP (Ads are very limited on AMP). Fundamentally, by essentially controlling how content and ads are displayed and being directly involved in this with a lot of available resources and no barrier to entry. It is a bit subtle, which is why others are still playing along right now.…
Comment linking /post/the-problem-with-amp/
on “An open governance model for the AMP Project”