I'm disappointed yet sadly not surprised that the current top comment here is a (so far successful) attempt to hijack and equate protests about Big Oil with AMP.
AMP came about because mobile sites suck. My only beef is there weirdly doesn't seem to be an easy opt out (for the user or content producer). While that's less than ideal how can you possibly equate that with:
- Environmental damage
- Climate change
- Developing AI to help the military better kill people with drones (a previous Googler protest)
Like, what twisted world view would try and equate any of the above with AMP? If so, I seriously suggest you get over yourselves. I find that attitude entitled and, honestly, reprehensible.
The other problem you see here is Whataboutism. Like, "oh sure, Big Oil hid research into the effects of fossil fuels on climate change but what about [my pet issue]?"
Not everything has to be about everything. Not tackling every issue doesn't invalidate the protest against a particular issue. Whataboutism is what allowed the likes of Trump to get elected.
Google's actions might be orders of magnitude less evil than Big Oil's (and I don't see why they chose AMP as their example over a more salient point). But Google also has orders of magnitude more influence over Google's decisions than they do big oil's. It looks like they're repenting for their lack of self control at home by pushing their moral standards onto others at no direct cost to themselves.
I'm just saying it feels incongruous to hear Googlers act moral about "big oil" while making their money maintaining humanity's largest surveillance system, ya know...?
AMP came about because mobile sites suck. My only beef is there weirdly doesn't seem to be an easy opt out (for the user or content producer). While that's less than ideal how can you possibly equate that with:
- Environmental damage
- Climate change
- Developing AI to help the military better kill people with drones (a previous Googler protest)
Like, what twisted world view would try and equate any of the above with AMP? If so, I seriously suggest you get over yourselves. I find that attitude entitled and, honestly, reprehensible.
The other problem you see here is Whataboutism. Like, "oh sure, Big Oil hid research into the effects of fossil fuels on climate change but what about [my pet issue]?"
Not everything has to be about everything. Not tackling every issue doesn't invalidate the protest against a particular issue. Whataboutism is what allowed the likes of Trump to get elected.
Seriously.
Disclaimer: Xoogler.