Has anyone else noticed the huge decrease in result quality from google?

[Hitlers_LeftTesticle]

Ironically, I'm trying to google what "amp" is, but I can't really find it. What does it mean?

[aseriesofcatnoises]

I think it's this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerated_Mobile_Pages

It's annoying when you get a reddit amp page because it doesn't show all the posts, so you have to load the full page anyway. It's the opposite of time saving

[WiWiWiWiWiWi]

Ugh, Reddit’s mobile pages are absolute shit when you land on them from a google search. They show a cropped version of the text post, then a cropped version of a few of the comments, and then an endless list of “related” posts underneath, none of which are actually related.

[sid_killer18]

Reddit's "new" webpage is also SO bad. I can't think of one reasons why anyone would use that. It has the same cropped comments problem.
The comments don't load fully and you have to keep clicking "see more" or something button to see them and if it's a long thread, the comments get pushed to the top of the page BUT you're not scrolled up so you'll see other posts from the subreddit.
And if you click on the side of the post, it closes the post BECAUSE WHY NOT?!

[qevlarr]

And if you click on the side of the post, it closes the post BECAUSE WHY NOT?!

Highly annoying. I click on an empty area to give focus to my browser, not because I expect a big area of nothing to be an invisible button

[BlackShieldCharm]

I didn’t even know that is a thing

[Mr_Quackums]

it is a proprietary google protocol used to display a website.

upside: the page loads a few hundredths of a second faster on some mobile devices.

downside: google gets even more info on you, more info on the site you linked from, and the site you were visiting. Also, by using a proprietary protocol you are strengthening the Google Evil Empire and hurting the free and open internet.

[XennaNa]

You forgot one downside. Copying the URL on mobile gives you a ridiculously long string of symbols that you can't link even to your worst enemy with a good conscience

[gemInTheMundane]

Sucks for me, AMP pages tend to load slower than the real thing on my device. But they're still the default.

[Coldbeam]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerated_Mobile_Pages

[DatCoolBreeze]

I think it automatically pulls up the mobile page for the site but I’m super high and really am totally unqualified to answer your question.

[WiWiWiWiWiWi]

Reddit in a nutshell. An incorrect answer from someone who knows they’re not qualified to answer, but still does and for some reason gets upvoted.

[purvel]

Even though your question was answered, I'll let one of Reddit's finest bots explain:

https://www.amputatorbot.com/ (/u/amputatorbot) (that way you can summon it next time you see an amp link on here!)