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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: 5, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Thursday September 13 2018, @09:32AM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) on Thursday September 13 2018, @09:32AM (#734107) Homepage Journal

    At least Microsoft promoted the idea you should own and possess your data

    Microsoft was the first company (that I knew of) to come up with "This software is leased, not sold" scheme. Based on that idea alone, you own NOTHING on your computer. At any time, Microsoft can cancel your lease, and leave you with a pile of junk electronic gear. On their way out, it's simple as all hell to reformat your hard drives, leaving no data at all.

    Today, Microsoft is promoting their cloud services. You, the consumer, own NOTHING in the cloud. If your lease is canceled, or expires, you aren't even left with the junk hardware on which your data resides. The box on your desk contains a few diodes and capacitors, and that's it.

    I'm afraid that your perception of Microsoft is just as flawed as the public perception of Disney.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 13 2018, @01:12PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 13 2018, @01:12PM (#734215)

    The first company to lease software? Geesh people have short memories these days.

    They are not even close to being the first. Or the last.

  • (Score: 2) by toddestan on Friday September 14 2018, @02:36AM

    by toddestan (4982) on Friday September 14 2018, @02:36AM (#734663)

    Maybe they were one of the first in the consumer business leasing to individuals, but companies like IBM were leasing software well before Microsoft even existed.