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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: 0) by fakefuck39 on Monday September 17 2018, @01:08AM

    by fakefuck39 (6620) on Monday September 17 2018, @01:08AM (#735803)

    i work 30 hours a week, about 10 from the office across the street. I bet if that fisherman stood on mt olympus, he'd be all like "wow, mount olympus from the myths"

    i just thought it wasn't that tall.