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Re: Google AMP Issue: Links to visit the site currently not working

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Post by gatherhunterer »

mattmanser wrote: post #31
justicz wrote: post #3

Yes! I’ve been having this issue for days but assumed it was just me. It is particularly frustrating for sites like Reddit where the AMP version is too aggressively cached and misses most of the recent comments.

Reddit implementing AMP seems such a bad decision, it defies the entire point of the site.

I looked at Reddit recently for the first time in a long time and the whole thing is a train wreck of marketing decisions built on shoddy code. If you look up a user who doesn’t exist[1] their karma reads “undefined”. If you navigate to their comments or about page (an info page for reddit accounts... why?) the site routes you to those pages with the value “undefined” as the username. But there is an actual user who chose that name so now you’re looking at their account page.

1.https://www.reddit.com/user/unidan

Re: Google AMP Issue: Links to visit the site currently not working

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Post by graeme »

AMP links are a major reason I switched to duckduckgo on mobile. Google seems to be shortsighted in doing this.

Yes, only a tiny minority of technical users will know what amp pages are and switch search engines to avoid them. But, a larger group will likely find the amp pages annoying, even if they can't precisely articulate why. This weakens google's hold on the market.

Re: Google AMP Issue: Links to visit the site currently not working

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Post by tannhaeuser »

justicz wrote: post #3

Yes! I’ve been having this issue for days but assumed it was just me. It is particularly frustrating for sites like Reddit where the AMP version is too aggressively cached and misses most of the recent comments.

Reddit plays it's own games. While they dropped the aggressive "Use app" nagging, they now frequently and purposefully (?) break back-navigation (eg. from individual posts to the subreddit) with the all too common "Oh snap. Something went wrong" and cutesy picture excuse for a dysfunctional site.

Re: Google AMP Issue: Links to visit the site currently not working

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Post by ehnto »

cameronbrown wrote: post #30
sushikokk wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bying ads from Google, only way to get traffic soon.

Wouldn't that just be another type of link?

That's why it's so strange. There isn't an alternative that isn't just a link with a different syntax, so why bother upending the internet for it? Things have worked pretty well for decades now, the whole point of writing a protocol is for long term usage in a changing world. So far so good!

Re: Google AMP Issue: Links to visit the site currently not working

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Post by OskarS »

xupybd wrote: post #37

Just came to say I hate amp. If I want to go to a site I want that site not a google cache of it. It’s not a better experience. It just means another click to get to where I was going. Stop the madness Google kill amp.

I don't think I've ever seen anyone on HN defend AMP. We all hate it. It's a pox on the modern web.

Re: Google AMP Issue: Links to visit the site currently not working

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Post by tannhaeuser »

hexo wrote: post #38

Simple. Don't use it. It doesn't make any sense anyway.

Sure if it's your site, you don't use AMP - it just indicates disregard for basic web usability and competence. But what about the (rare) site using AMP with you having no control? Hmm ... ok thinking about it I don't know any site using AMP worth reading. I guess using AMP, like script-heavy content, is just a negative marker for quality content.

Re: Google AMP Issue: Links to visit the site currently not working

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Post by bitL »

tannhaeuser wrote: post #43
justicz wrote: post #3

Yes! I’ve been having this issue for days but assumed it was just me. It is particularly frustrating for sites like Reddit where the AMP version is too aggressively cached and misses most of the recent comments.

Reddit plays it's own games. While they dropped the aggressive "Use app" nagging, they now frequently and purposefully (?) break back-navigation (eg. from individual posts to the subreddit) with the all too common "Oh snap. Something went wrong" and cutesy picture excuse for a dysfunctional site.

Reddit is fun now; start Tor, try to visit a soon-to-be-banned sub-reddit, enjoy Tor's tracking notifications not present on normal reddit sub-reddits. Looks like reddit is turning into one large honeypot.

Re: Google AMP Issue: Links to visit the site currently not working

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Post by josefresco »

baloki wrote: post #7
godelmachine wrote: post #4

May I ask what screen recording app is he using?

It’s built into iOS nowadays, you can add it to your control centre via settings.

I just discovered this, after my daughter told me about it. You need to set it to show in your control center first.
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