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Europe wants easy default browser selection screens. Mozilla is already sounding the alarm on dirty tricks (www.theregister.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Basically AMP is a copy of the website content hosted by Google for a "speedier load" but there are privacy, longevity, and general decentralization concerns with the "protocol."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for this - this is something that has passed me by. So essentially plagarising another website's content for traffic plus the usual Google shenanigans? Nice

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mean, the website opts into it (it can't be done with any website), but otherwise yes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Obviously - I guess I'm more surprised at The Register in that case. They're a very savvy industry magazine. Presumably they get a hefty wad.