One potential problem here is that google will use this to widen the gap between it and the 'one page apps' web and other search engines (such as duckduckgo) that can't match it in resources.
How strong of an advantage that will be in the long run is uncertain, I would rather see a web that ships pages with actual content in them than empty containers for a variety of reasons (most of which have to do with accessibility and the fact that not all clients are browsers or even capable of running javascript).
This 'new web' is going off in a direction that is harmful, coupled with the mobile app walled gardens it is turning back the clock in a hurry.
I'm fairly sure this is not the web that Tim Berners-Lee envisioned.
How strong of an advantage that will be in the long run is uncertain, I would rather see a web that ships pages with actual content in them than empty containers for a variety of reasons (most of which have to do with accessibility and the fact that not all clients are browsers or even capable of running javascript).
This 'new web' is going off in a direction that is harmful, coupled with the mobile app walled gardens it is turning back the clock in a hurry.
I'm fairly sure this is not the web that Tim Berners-Lee envisioned.