IIRC Google is uses amp favorably when computing search rankings.
I think AMP and Facebook's Instant Articles are terrible for the web. They enforce "good behavior" in web deign by using a straight jacket, which gives Google or Facebook even more control over what types of web components and behaviors are viewed as "standard". And, as you said, it traps the reader in the Google or Facebook ecosystem.
I think AMP and Facebook's Instant Articles are terrible for the web. They enforce "good behavior" in web deign by using a straight jacket, which gives Google or Facebook even more control over what types of web components and behaviors are viewed as "standard". And, as you said, it traps the reader in the Google or Facebook ecosystem.