>I'm not convinced the web pages were really _that_ slow to start with, so it feels like an unnecessary project
That's because you use umatrix and possibly ublock.
AMP is about making the web faster for the common Joe.
Ask HN: Is it just me or is the AMP project making everything slower?
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#12The most frustrating is that AMP version of app/pages/websites are very incomplete, e.g. the AMP version of a reddit post has only 3 comments (and the "load more comments" button is buggy). Would have been much better to use Lighthouse / PageSpeed as a basis for showing optimized pages.
Ugh, Reddit. Their amp version is terrible for the exact reason you mention. I know every time I see a Reddit page on Google results that I'll make two page loads instead of one (this does make a difference on my country, where everything is slow). Then, when accessing their pages on mobile browser, there's a huge banner telling me to download their app. In this same banner there is a dark UX pattern, where the call to action, giant button is to download the app, and the tiny footer text is "continue to mobile site". And apparently it doesn't matter I clicked through the banner before, it always displays the same annoying banner.
Sorry for the rant. I'm just genuinely disappointed in what the web has become.
Re: Ask HN: Is it just me or is the AMP project making everything slower?
#13Fixed title:
Is it just me or is µMatrix making everything slower?
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#14This is what's keeping the screen white before showing its content https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17746886
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#15The most frustrating is that AMP version of app/pages/websites are very incomplete, e.g. the AMP version of a reddit post has only 3 comments (and the "load more comments" button is buggy). Would have been much better to use Lighthouse / PageSpeed as a basis for showing optimized pages.
Not only that but tapping the top bar on iOS devices doesn't scroll the page to the top.
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#16Yes. I absolutely hate when I want to load an article on my iPhone and it loads AMP. I remove that part of the URL to read the original source most of the time.
Re: Ask HN: Is it just me or is the AMP project making everything slower?
#17Fixed title: Is it just me or is µMatrix making everything slower?
Sounds right to me, don't know why you're downvoted? Do something non-standard and then complain things are broke?
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#18Correct. You've broken the page by blocking only some of the assets. AMP loads fine if you allow all scripts or disable Javascript completely.
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#19I don't know about slower, but it's certainly made the web more annoying to use with piecemeal javascript support - which obviously benefits advertisers like google, if it makes more of us cease interfering with tools like noscript and µMatrix.
Re: Ask HN: Is it just me or is the AMP project making everything slower?
#20Fixed title: Is it just me or is µMatrix making everything slower?
Sounds right to me, don't know why you're downvoted? Do something non-standard and then complain things are broke?
The USER should have total control of what is shown in their browsers, not the webmaster. Without users, the webmaster is pissing his web content into the wind!