The first point in the article is the dead killer of AMP for me. My mobile provider gives me very little monthly data, I've stopped using AMP because preloading the AMP results is eating through my cap, with images disabled. Without preloading, AMP is slower than the non-AMP version of the same webpage with a simple script blocker. And usually causing more traffic too. I hope Google refrains from bullying website own…
No. AMP is much faster even without preloading. Here is an example of a random article on CNN: https://www.webpagetest.org/video/view.php?id=180402_4583919...
CNN is also probably one of the worst offenders, so the example is rather cherry picked nor does it represent my usual browsing in any way.