[themacguffinman]

You're literally describing a conspiracy theory and dubiously speculating on malicious intentions. That's my point.

I'm saying that it's a wacky conspiracy theory that Google is hiding the non-domain parts of the URL to dominate the internet, and you come back with:

What if Google leadership was conspiring in such a secret, surreptitious way that middle management and possibly even the AMP lead doesn't know what's going on? What if this is just a small part of some grand plan?!

Is the treachery of domain-only URLs so deep that even Apple didn't realize they were carrying out pieces of Google's ultimate plan?

[tyingq]

Fair enough, yes, that's a bit sensationalized version of what I said. And, despite being a generally rational person, I don't find it far fetched.