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posted by martyb on Thursday September 13 2018, @01:58AM   Printer-friendly
from the please-stop-"helping" dept.

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

Google Chrome developers advised they would wait until Fall or Spring to disclose how they would "kill" URLs, but it appears the endeavor has already begun: users have found that the latest build, Chrome 69, hides the "WWW" and "M" subdomains in the address bar. Bleeping Computer has instructions on how to restore what Google insists is "trivial."

Source: https://www.hardocp.com/news/2018/09/09/google_slammed_for_chrome_change_that_strips_out_www_from_domains/


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by jmorris on Thursday September 13 2018, @03:01AM (1 child)

    by jmorris (4844) on Thursday September 13 2018, @03:01AM (#733982)

    That is exactly were we are returning to, AOL Keywords. Remember when those were as ubiquitous on TV and print ads as social media promotions are now?

    Except Google wants the sweet, sweet coins for gatekeeping the keywords instead of resurrecting AOL from the grave.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by VLM on Thursday September 13 2018, @12:06PM

    by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Thursday September 13 2018, @12:06PM (#734171)

    With a side dish of centralized highly politicized censorship.