[gruez]

>So, is it possible that Google has given up on AMP in Safari on iOS 15 because of the popularity of AMP blocking extensions?

This doesn't make any sense. If AMP is strictly beneficial for google, why would google give up because of a few people with AMP blocking extensions? Surely it's still worth going after the stragglers? You don't see them giving up on ads just because adblock is popular.

I suspect the reason is far more benign: AMP is enabled on a whitelist basis, and they haven't whitelisted ios 15 yet.

[sa1]

The page also says:

> I know from my own testing that Google search results still included AMP links for the first week after iOS 15 was released on September 20

[gruez]

I guess the revised explanation would be "random regression in ios 15 safari that affected AMP"

[lolsal]

Why is this a regression in iOS? Changing the user-agent string is not a regression.

[gruez]

As in, a change/feature added to the rendering/javascript engine caused an regression.

[dljsjr]

Except AMP still loads in Safari 15 if you spoof the User Agent, per TFA.

[gruez]

"regression" doesn't have to mean "totally broken". maybe it's a little laggy. Maybe it breaks in certain edge cases.

[tshaddox]

Perhaps, although "it was just random" is arguably an even worse explanation.