The evidence indicates Automattic are not being straight forward in characterising their relationship with google with respect to AMP.

I’ve been a long term critic of AMP. Pre dating by far Jeremy Keith etc

About two years ago I gave a negative review the official AMP plugin. Both criticising its poor performance and the negative impact of AMP on the web.

The review was deleted twice, and I was warned and put on probation. Despite breaking no policy and being a former user of the plugin.