>Starting with google: AMP does not actually make loading any faster. Google just uses it's search monopoly to make it seem so.
This is a complete misunderstanding of how AMP works. Google isn't abusing a monopoly to make AMP-pages appear artificially faster; they actually are faster. That's because they're safe to preload by design, as lern_too_spel explained already.
The monopoly comment makes even less sense when you consider that other search engines do the same, and even host their own AMP caches.
Most people here disagree with you, hence why you’ll be down voted. Would AMP be used if it wasn’t for the news carousel - nope - so Google is definitely using their position to embrace and extend open standards.
>Most people here disagree with you, hence why you’ll be down voted.
No doubt. And it's really unfortunate that bias is trumping facts in this case.
>Google is definitely using their position to embrace and extend open standards.
There's nothing wrong with embracing or extending technologies. WebComponents, in this case. But if you're hinting at a third step then I'm sorry but open-source by definition cannot be extinguished.