iOS 11 Safari will turn Google AMP links back into regular ones when sharing
Apple is adding a subtle new feature to Safari in iOS 11 that will automatically strip out Google AMP URLs when a webpage is shared or copy and pasted, as spotted by MacStories editor Federico Viticci.
Very nice: when sharing AMP pages to iMessage or Reading List, iOS 11 Safari automatically removes AMP’s crap from the URL. Go Apple pic.twitter.com/aHgSMcofUv
— Federico Viticci (@viticci) August 23, 2017
Google’s AMP is a standard for stripped-down, faster webpages that Google favors in search results. People have many feelings about it. You’ll note The Verge and Vox Media serve a lot of our pages in AMP.
While some AMP links do offer a place to pull the original URL for sharing, if you try and share the direct URL, you’ll end up…
