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It’s a google solution to a google problem, the problem being that websites tend to come preloaded with a dozen or so non-google trackers. The google solution is to incentivize stripping out the content and hosting it on google’s servers, so only they see what you are up to.


It's a solution to a web problem which is that it's a platform that allows a tragedy of the commons behavior to manifest, each publisher trying to out-do the other in abusive behaviors. When the web becomes a negative experience, apps and closed systems like Facebook win. Your comment about trackers is just nonsense.


It is not Google's responsibility to fix this. It is ours. If a page is abusive, ignore it and it will wither and die like it should. AMP basically gives everyone a trophy for participating.




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