Quote to Note: AMP and Commitment
December 22, 2020
I read “I Have Resigned from the Google AMP Advisory Committee.” The committee was chock full of brilliant individuals. They are a team. Now it seems that a committee member wants to let a wider variety of people serve the Google. (Does this mean people who are less than brilliant?)
Anyway whatever the interpersonal dynamics were, the write up contains a quote to note; herewith:
The stated goal of the AMP AC is to “make AMP a great web citizen.” I am concerned that – despite the hard work of the AC – Google has limited interest in that goal.
Okay, a great Web citizen now under investigation by multiple legal entities., A great Web citizen with the mindboggling mismanagement of a person’s journal article about bias in training data. A great Web citizen which seems to buy traffic from Apple and allegedly engages in fancy dancing with the estimable outfit Facebook.
Limited interest. Yep, I imagine the Google does. AMP up with the GOOG by ejecting from a committee. Okay. I wonder if the AMPers were aware that only three million hapless Googler users obtain malware from 28 malicious Edge extensions. How does this make the Web a better place? Does Google ignore certain malware to create issues for another firm? Has Google’s management system created an environment in which teams, committees, and outside experts work at cross purposes?
Stephen E Arnold, December 22, 2020
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