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How Dropbox Hacks Your Mac

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1037 points 8bitben | 5 comments | 09 Sep 16 15:52 UTC | HN request time: 1.102s | source
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ejcx ◴[09 Sep 16 16:16 UTC] No.12463585[source]▶
Just wanted to give the author a shoutout for being awesome. This article is published with an AMP version[0] too, which is pretty unusual for smaller blogging sites.

AMP articles are so much easier on my eyes (and the author can't include their own javascript on an AMP page, so there is less bloat). I wish all bloggers started to publish AMP pages.

[0] - http://applehelpwriter.com/2016/08/29/discovering-how-dropbo...

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tqkxzugoaupvwqr ◴[09 Sep 16 16:47 UTC] No.12463909[source]▶
AMP is not the solution. Anyone willing to use AMP to reduce bloat could also just not add bloat to HTML pages in the first place. And, using AMP itself adds bloat[1]. I couldn’t even read the author’s AMP version without enabling JavaScript.

[1] https://www.ampproject.org/docs/get_started/create/basic_mar...

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aeharding ◴[09 Sep 16 17:13 UTC] No.12464169[source]▶
AMP is bastardized HTML used as an excuse to making a website fast in the first place. I totally agree.

Additionally, AMP wants to become the arbiter of the mobile web. Just look at their list of "Supported ad networks." [1]

Who gave them the authority?

AMP worries me greatly.

[1] https://github.com/ampproject/amphtml/blob/master/builtins/a...

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1. gibrown ◴[09 Sep 16 17:22 UTC] No.12464256[source]▶
They've been pretty good about accepting PRs to support any ad network from what I've heard: https://github.com/ampproject/amphtml/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q...
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2. kuschku ◴[09 Sep 16 17:37 UTC] No.12464384[source]▶
Yes, just as ABP has been good about accepting PRs to add "unobtrusive ads" - until they started demanding money.

NEVER give this power to a central authority that's not democratically controlled.

And yet, some people still do that mistake.

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3. gibrown ◴[09 Sep 16 17:46 UTC] No.12464459[source]▶
I agree that their current process should become more democratic, and that this is a real concern. There is also benefit in moving quickly to try and solve a real problem and prove that this approach will work. I'm still cautiously optimistic.
4. skybrian ◴[09 Sep 16 19:05 UTC] No.12465160[source]▶
All open source projects have some kind of "central control" in the sense that they can accept or reject pull requests and define what the official version is.

But you can fork them, so it should be okay, right?

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5. kuschku ◴[09 Sep 16 20:09 UTC] No.12465667{3}[source]▶
Exactly, but I can’t fork AMP – as Google decides which fork gets preferred treatment by them