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The idea that Google’s interest in replacing the URL might stem from a desire to consolidate AMP honsetly has me quite worried. See sonniesedge.co.uk/posts/amp-urls and adactio.com/links/14316
The mysterious case of missing URLs and Google’s AMP | sonniesedge.co.uk
My reaction to that somewhat sensentionalist Wired article was much the same as Charlie’s—seeing it on the same day at the latest AMP sneakiness has me worried.
The hiding of URLs fits perfectly with AMPs preferred method of making sites fast, which is to host them directly on Google’s servers, and to serve them from a Google domain. Hiding the URL from the user then makes a Google AMP site indistinguishable from an ordinary site.
As well as sharing Charlie’s concern, I also share her hope:
I really hope that the people who are part of Google can stop something awful like this from happening.