It's another story point in the tale of how Google shaped the neo-modern web.
Google's influence is massive, anyone wanting to build a profitable website needs to bend to their standards of performance and structure.
Normally this was a general push in the right direction for everyone. With how they've been handling AMP however, part of me wonders if they're not trying to build a feature moat around the web itself. Although misguided use of their power by individual product-managers is probably the less sinister, more likely reason.
Google's influence is massive, anyone wanting to build a profitable website needs to bend to their standards of performance and structure.
Normally this was a general push in the right direction for everyone. With how they've been handling AMP however, part of me wonders if they're not trying to build a feature moat around the web itself. Although misguided use of their power by individual product-managers is probably the less sinister, more likely reason.