Yeah but on the plus side, it loads in a second, isn't sluggish to use, and isn't full of annoying fixed elements. Most non-AMP news websites which take many seconds to load and are really slow and annoying when loaded.
I get all the arguments against AMP, but "annoying for users" surely isn't one of them.
Most websites I've personally encountered that use AMP don't actually deliver a usable amount of content/features on the AMP version of the page, and so it usually ends up in an awful user experience where I then have to get the real version of the page before I can do anything.
If I understand AMP correctly, there are 3 alternatives to compare:
(1) Google doesn't intervene at all, web sites are full of bloat
(2) Google requires mobile sites to not suck if they want decent rankings
(3) Google requires mobile sites to not suck and also delivers the bits instead of the site's servers.
I agree that #1 is not a good state of affairs. I'm fine with Google pressuring mobile developers to create sites that perform well. I just prefer #2 over #3.
I get all the arguments against AMP, but "annoying for users" surely isn't one of them.