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Google Slammed for Chrome Change that Strips "www." and "m." from Domain Names

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

MrPlow writes:

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, Touché) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday September 13 2018, @01:51PM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday September 13 2018, @01:51PM (#734231) Homepage Journal

    Excellent idea! We'll get right on that. Cat pictures, dank memes, or naked chicks? Wait, why choose? Dank memes made of pictures of naked chicks holding cats incoming.

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