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>I used to be in Ads, though not on AMP.

Maybe I misread that, but for me it sums AMP up in quite a good way: It's not really about making the web better, it's about more admoney for Google, if a former ads guy has to point out he didn't work on the AMP project there ;)

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You read correctly, but it also doesn't tell the full story. I've edited to be "not related to AMP" to try to convey this better.

In short: AMP itself is not part of Ads, but there is a group within Ads focussing on AMP - because one of the biggest blockers to AMP adoption is (was?) getting ads supported within the model.

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