AMP is just a subset existing web technologies. It&#x27;s entirely possible to build a page that loads just as fast or faster, without loading the AMP scripts, if you so choose.  But AMP greatly simplifies the process, which is what developers need, and the script enforces the limitations necessary to make the page load and render quickly, which users love.<p>Right now AMP is under heavy development and lots of changes are being made very quickly. That mandatory script loads other resources from the same domain on an as-needed basis, which is a crucial aspect of how AMP is designed to work. I don&#x27;t know if the v1 release will include a distribution package for self-hosting, but it&#x27;s not too much of a stretch to believe they&#x27;ve decided to go with a central CDN just to simplify development for the early stages of the project.<p>At any rate, this is no worse in principle than the Google Analytics scripts everybody includes on every page everywhere, so it&#x27;s mostly just a bunch of FUD.