[mrmcd]

The degree to which HN is obsessed with AMP is hilarious at times. You'd think every single one of the 100k engineers that work there do nothing but dream up ways to trick people into using AMP for some secret illuminati end goal.

If you don't like AMP, that's fine. If you don't like this UX change that's fine too (and I suspect will be easily fixed with an extension). But maybe consider for a moment that not every single UX change to a product with a billion users is part of the vast AMPiracy.

[davidu]

You say this as if those engineers (and it's not 100,000) are all voting in a democratic decision-making process on feature direction. It's a very small number of senior leaders who make these calls.

Remember, Sundar used to be in charge of the Google Toolbar. That was his claim to fame inside of Google before Chrome.

[maest]

I'm all for balanced debate, but strawmanning doesn't help anyone.

[thethethethe]

How this this a straw man? Parent is just agreeing with gp that a lot of HN users are obsessed with AMP and it’s supposed evils

Disclaimer: googler opinions are my own

[maest]

Nobody is claiming the following ridiculous statements:

> every single one of the 100k engineers that work there do nothing but dream up ways to trick people into using AMP for some secret illuminati end goal.

> every single UX change to a product with a billion users is part of the vast AMPiracy.

[thethethethe]

First of all, parent is not arguing with anyone, they are building on gp’s comment.

Parent is using hyperbole as a rhetorical tool to make a point, not to distort or discredit a particular persons statements